repoman is a Python program used to enforce a minimal level of quality assurance in ebuilds and related metadata added to ebuild repositories.
Installation
Emerge
NoteIn case
Portage version is lower than 2.3.0 repoman is installed with it
Install repoman through emerge:
root #emerge --ask --verbose app-portage/repoman
Configuration
For signing commits, enable the sign feature in portage and set the appropriate key ID:
FILE /etc/portage/make.conf
FEATURES="... sign ..."
PORTAGE_GPG_KEY="<GnuPG fingerprint>"
Usage
Using Repoman is highly recommended for committing to Gentoo with Github pull requests.
Invocation
Note
Messages pertaining to specific lines may be inaccurate in the presence of continuation lines from use of the \ character in BASH.
To create a package's Manifest file:
To scan the directory tree for QA issues (full listing), include dev profiles in dependency checks and force the metadata.xml parse check to be carried out:
user $repoman -dx full
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RepoMan scours the neighborhood...
dependency.badindev 16
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: DEPEND: ~arm(default/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~arm(default/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: DEPEND: ~ppc(default/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~ppc(default/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: DEPEND: ~arm(hardened/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~arm(hardened/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: DEPEND: ~ppc(hardened/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.8.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~ppc(hardened/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: DEPEND: ~arm(default/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~arm(default/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: DEPEND: ~ppc(default/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~ppc(default/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: DEPEND: ~arm(hardened/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~arm(hardened/linux/uclibc/arm/armv7a)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: DEPEND: ~ppc(hardened/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
app-text/mupdf/mupdf-1.9a.ebuild: RDEPEND: ~ppc(hardened/linux/uclibc/ppc)
['>=media-libs/glfw-3']
RepoMan sez: "You're only giving me a partial QA payment?
I'll take it this time, but I'm not happy."
To scan the directory tree for QA issues; if OK, commit via VCS, include dev profiles in dependency checks and force the metadata.xml parse check to be carried out:
user $repoman -dx commit
Expand* 0 files being committed...
error: gpg failed to sign the data
fatal: failed to write commit object
!!! Exiting on git (shell) error code: 128
Noterepoman commit only works inside local cvs, git, or subversion repositories.
When used in git, this command forces commit signature.
The key will have to be configured by
git config user.signingkey key_id.
user $repoman --help
Expandusage: repoman [options] [mode]
Modes: ci | commit | fix | full | help | manifest | manifest-check | scan
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-a, --ask Request a confirmation before commiting
-m COMMITMSG, --commitmsg COMMITMSG
specify a commit message on the command line
-M COMMITMSGFILE, --commitmsgfile COMMITMSGFILE
specify a path to a file that contains a commit
message
--digest <y|n> Automatically update Manifest digests for modified
files
-p, --pretend don't commit or fix anything; just show what would be
done
-q, --quiet do not print unnecessary messages
--echangelog <y|n|force>
for commit mode, call echangelog if ChangeLog is
unmodified (or regardless of modification if 'force'
is specified)
--experimental-inherit <y|n>
Enable experimental inherit.missing checks which may
misbehave when the internal eclass database becomes
outdated
-f, --force Commit with QA violations
-S, --straight-to-stable
Allow committing straight to stable
--vcs VCS Force using specific VCS instead of autodetection
-v, --verbose be very verbose in output
-V, --version show version info
-x, --xmlparse forces the metadata.xml parse check to be carried out
--if-modified <y|n> only check packages that have uncommitted
modifications
-i, --ignore-arches ignore arch-specific failures (where arch != host)
--ignore-default-opts
do not use the REPOMAN_DEFAULT_OPTS environment
variable
-I, --ignore-masked ignore masked packages (not allowed with commit mode)
--include-arches ARCHES
A space separated list of arches used to filter the
selection of profiles for dependency checks
-d, --include-dev include dev profiles in dependency checks
-e <y|n>, --include-exp-profiles <y|n>
include exp profiles in dependency checks
--unmatched-removal enable strict checking of package.mask and
package.unmask files for unmatched removal atoms
--without-mask behave as if no package.mask entries exist (not
allowed with commit mode)
--output-style {column,default}
select output type
--mode {ci,commit,fix,full,help,manifest,manifest-check,scan}
specify which mode repoman will run in (default=full)
For more help consult the man page.
See also
- Equery - A tool to make several common Portage operations simpler.
- Portageq - A tool to quickly query Portage information.
