eflag

is a tool for managing rules in portage's package files.

eflag is designed to be easy and simple to use, making rule management of package files less cumbersome and error prone.

Features:

• Adding, deleting, and modifying rules on the fly.
• Does not require a category, only a package name.
• Converting package files from directory to file structure and vice versa.
• Simplicity and ease of use.

Installation:

git clone https://github.com/axujen/eflag.git
cd eflag
sudo ./setup.py install # ./setup.py install --user to install without root privilege

Alternatively you can find an ebuild for it in this overlay

Usage:

usage: eflag [-h] [-v] [-t] [-d] [-s] [-c] [-f] [atom] ...

Ease your /etc/portage/package.* file edition.

positional arguments:
  atom           atom or package name to be to work on
  flags          flags to be enabled for the atom, flags starting with % will be deleted (make sure to
                 single quote ** to prevent your shell from expanding it)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  -v, --version  show program's version number and exit
  -t , --type    choose a package file type from {accept_keywords, env, keywords, license, mask,
                 properties, unmask, use}. Default: use
  -d, --delete   delete the sepecified atom from the rules
  -s, --show     show the rules listed in the package file
  -c, --convert  convert the current package file from file style to folder style and vice-versa
  -f, --force    force the script to pass the atom you specify even if its not matched in the portage
				 database

Ex:

eflag sys-apps/portage build doc Will add sys-apps/portage build doc to package.use eflag sys-apps/portage %doc epydoc Will remove the doc flag and add the epydoc to sys-apps/portage eflag sys-apps/portageWill remove the whole sys-apps/portage rule

Thanks:

Thanks to Pyntony for the original tool emod.

*Note: eflag is still in development, don't use it directly on your package files unless if you have a backup.