flaggie -- an another flag mangler ================================== Quick introduction ------------------ flaggie is just another handy, CLI-based mangler for `package.*` files. Although it is originally based on [flagedit][1] by Damien Krotkine, it aims at being nicer to use and more powerful than flagedit. Key features: - use of portage API (you no longer have to specify the category even the first time you're adding a flag!), - support for `package.*` directories (most actions performed by flaggie affect the effective declarations, in whichever of the files they appear), - support for `package.license` file, - smart recognition of action arguments -- flaggie knows whether you're passing a USE flag or a keyword, - extensive support for `make.conf` file syntax (incl. `USE_EXPAND`). [1]: http://damien.krotkine.com/the-player-of-games/flagedit.html Synopsis -------- Symbolically, the flaggie synopsis could be written as: flaggie [<options>] [<global-actions>] [<packages> <actions>] [...] In other words, the basic arguments to `flaggie` consist of package specifications and action specifications grouped together. Each group of actions is applied to the package group preceding it; and if a group of actions precedes the first package group, it is considered a global action group and these actions are supposedly performed on the variables in the `make.conf` file. A package specification has the same atom format as one used by emerge. You can provide a simple package name as well as a complete, version-restricted atom. If you don't specify the package category, flaggie will try to grab it using Portage API. An action specification consists of an action symbol and an optional or obligatory argument (flag). The action symbols are: - `+` to enable a flag, - `-` to disable a flag, - `%` to reset the flag(s) to the default state (remove them completely from the files), - `?` to print the effective flag declaration from the files. Each of the actions should be followed by an argument. It could be a flag name, a keyword or a license string. Arguments can be shell patterns (same as in filename matching). If no argument is passed, flaggie assumes `?*`. With `+` and `-` actions, pattern matching is performed against package `IUSE`, `KEYWORDS` or `LICENSE` variable. With `%` and `?`, it is done against values specified in `package.*` files. Please denote that for keywords, `*` and `**` arguments have special meaning and will not be parsed as patterns. If you need to perform pattern matching there, please use `?*` instead. In addition to that, the argument can be preceded by a namespace specifier in the form `ns::`, where `ns` can be one of `use`, `kw` or `lic` (or a pattern). When no namespace is specified, the namespace is guessed from the actual argument if it is not a pattern; `use` is assumed otherwise. Cleanup actions --------------- Except for the specific actions, flaggie can be perform a set of cleanup actions which are done on whole `package.*` files. These are enabled using long options. The following cleanup actions are supported: - `--drop-ineffective` to drop all flag declarations which are considered ineffective. In other words, those which are overriden by the entries or flags following them. In other words, the following example file: app-misc/foo bar baz app-misc/foo -bar bar would be written as: app-misc/foo baz app-misc/foo bar - `--sort-entries` to sort all entries in the file by package name. - `--sort-flags` to sort all flags (keywords, licenses) in the entries by their basename. - `--drop-unmatched-pkgs` to remove all `package.*` file entries referring to packages not having a match in portdb (thus, either being a typo, outdated or coming from a removed repo). - `--drop-unmatched-flags` to remove all flags, keywords and licenses which do not match the package metadata (`IUSE`, `KEYWORDS` and `LICENSE` keys respectively). In other words, this should remove outdated flags. Please note that, in order to avoid mistakes, this action won't remove flags for packages which do not have a match in portdb (`--drop-unmatched-pkgs` is useful for that). In addition to the actual cleanup actions, a set of shorthand options is available too: - `--sort` to sort both the entries itself and their flags, - `--cleanup` to perform sorting and drop ineffective (redundant) flag declarations, - `--destructive-cleanup` to perform all of the cleanup actions listed above. There is also a single special option: - `--migrate-files` to upgrade all the outdated files to the latest formats used by Portage. Right now, this involves dropping `package.keywords` and moving all its entries to `package.accept_keywords`. Examples -------- 1. Enabling `USE=doc` for `x11-libs/gtk+:2`: flaggie gtk+:2 +doc 2. Keyword-unmasking `sys-apps/portage-2.2` (omitting the live version): flaggie '<portage-9999' '+**' 3. Resetting all USEflags of `net-im/ekg2` to their default values: flaggie ekg2 % 4. Easy license-unmasking `www-plugins/adobe-flash`: flaggie adobe-flash +lic:: 5. Performing a cleanup of `package.*` files: flaggie --cleanup 6. Enabling all devices for `app-misc/lirc` (e.g. for testing): flaggie app-misc/lirc '+lirc_devices_*' <!-- vim:se syn=markdown : -->