ebuildtester 0.1.8

A container approach to test a Gentoo package within a clean stage3

This script is a tool to test a Gentoo ebuild and its dependencies. The idea is that the package is emerged in a clean (and current) stage3 Docker container.

Usage

We are going to assume that the user has a local git clone of the portage tree in

/usr/local/git/gentoo

We have added a new ebuild and would like to verify that the build dependencies are all correct. We can build the package (ATOM) with:

ebuildtester --portage-dir /usr/local/git/gentoo \
  --atom ATOM \
  --use USE1 USE2

where we have specified two USE flags, USE1 and USE2. The ebuildtester command will now create a docker container and start installing the ATOM. All specified dependencies will be installed as well.

Command line arguments

The command understands the following command line arguments:

usage: ebuildtester [-h] [--version] [--atom ATOM [ATOM ...]] [--manual]
                    --portage-dir PORTAGE_DIR [--overlay-dir OVERLAY_DIR]
                    [--update {yes,true,no,false}] [--threads N]
                    [--use USE [USE ...]] [--unmask ATOM] [--gcc-version VER]
                    [--with-X]
                    [--profile {default/linux/amd64/17.0,default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd}]

A dockerized approach to test a Gentoo package within a clean stage3. This is
version 0.1.7

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show program's version number and exit
  --atom ATOM [ATOM ...]
                        The package atom(s) to install
  --manual              Install package manually
  --portage-dir PORTAGE_DIR
                        The local portage directory
  --overlay-dir OVERLAY_DIR
                        Add overlay dir (can be used multiple times)
  --update {yes,true,no,false}
                        Update container before installing atom
  --threads N           Use N (default 8) threads to build packages
  --use USE [USE ...]   The use flags for the atom
  --unmask ATOM         Unmask atom (can be used multiple times)
  --gcc-version VER     Use gcc version VER
  --with-X              Install VNC server to test graphical applications
  --profile {default/linux/amd64/17.0,default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd}
                        The profile to use