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\title{EAPI Cheat Sheet}
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Christian Faulhammer \\
\href{mailto:fauli@gentoo.org}{fauli@gentoo.org}
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Ulrich Müller \\
\href{mailto:ulm@gentoo.org}{ulm@gentoo.org}
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\begin{abstract}
An overview of the main EAPI changes in Gentoo, for ebuild
authors. For full details, consult the Package Manager
Specification found on the project page;\footnote{%
\url{https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Package_Manager_Specification}}
this is an incomplete summary only.
Official Gentoo EAPIs are consecutively numbered integers (0, 1,
2, \dots). Except where otherwise noted, an EAPI is the same as
the previous EAPI\@. All labels refer to the PMS document itself,
built from the same checkout as this overview.
% Please report mistakes in or enhancements to this document via the
% Gentoo bug tracking system\footnote{\url{https://bugs.gentoo.org/}}
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This work is released under the Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.%
\footnote{\url{https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/}}
\end{abstract}
\section{EAPIs 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5}
\label{sec:cs:eapi0-2}
Omitted for lack of space. See version~5.0 of this document for
differences between these previous EAPIs.
% \section{EAPI 0}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi0}
% If there is no EAPI explicitly specified, EAPI 0 is assumed.
% \section{EAPI 1}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi1}
% \subsection{Additions/Changes}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi1-additions}
% \begin{description}
% \item[IUSE defaults] A USE flag can be marked as mandatory (if
% not disabled explicitly by user configuration) with a \code{+}
% sign in front. See \featureref{iuse-defaults}.
% \item[Named slot dependencies] Dependencies can explicitly request
% a specific slot by using the
% \code{dev-libs/foo:}\allowbreak\emph{SLOT_name} syntax.
% See \featureref{slot-deps}.
% \end{description}
% \section{EAPI 2 (2008-09-25)}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi2}
% \subsection{Additions/Changes}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi2-additions}
% \begin{description}
% \item[\code{SRC_URI} arrows] Allows redirection of upstream file
% naming scheme. By using
% \code{SRC_URI="http:/\slash some\slash url -> foo"} the file is
% saved as \code{foo} in DISTDIR\@.
% See \featureref{src-uri-arrows}.
% \item[USE dependencies] Dependencies can specify USE flag
% requirements on their target, removing the need for
% \code{built_with_use} checks.
% \begin{description}
% \item[{[opt]}] The flag must be enabled.
% \item[{[opt=]}] The flag must be enabled if it is
% enabled for the package with the dependency, or disabled
% otherwise.
% \item[{[!opt=]}] The flag must be disabled if it is
% enabled for the package with the dependency, or enabled
% otherwise.
% \item[{[opt?]}] The flag must be enabled if it is
% enabled for the package with the dependency.
% \item[{[!opt?]}] The flag must be disabled if it is
% disabled for the package with the dependency.
% \item[{[-opt]}] The flag must be disabled.
% \end{description}
% See \featureref{use-deps}.
% \item[Blocker syntax] A single exclamation mark as a blocker may
% be ignored by the package manager as long as the stated package is
% uninstalled later on. Two exclamation marks are a strong blocker
% and will always be respected. See \featureref{bang-strength}.
% \item[\code{src_configure, src_prepare}] Both new phases provide
% finer granularity in the ebuild's structure. Configure calls
% should be moved from \code{src_compile} to \code{src_configure}.
% Patching and similar preparation must now be done in
% \code{src_prepare}, not \code{src_unpack}. See
% \featureref{src-prepare} and \featureref{src-configure}.
% \item[Default phase functions] The default functions for
% phases \code{pkg_nofetch}, \code{src_unpack},
% \code{src_prepare}, \code{src_configure}, \code{src_compile}
% and \code{src_test} can be called via
% \code{default_}\emph{phasename}, so duplicating the standard
% implementation is no longer necessary for small additions. The
% short-hand \code{default} function calls the current phase's
% \code{default_} function automatically, so any small additions
% you need will not be accompanied by a complete reimplementation of
% the phase. See \featureref{default-phase-funcs} and
% \featureref{default-func}.
% \item[\code{doman} language support] The \code{doman} installation
% function recognizes language specific man page extensions and
% behaves accordingly. This behaviour can be inhibited by the
% \code{-i18n} switch with EAPI 4. See \featureref{doman-langs}.
% \end{description}
% \section{EAPI 3 (2010-01-18)}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi3}
% \subsection{Additions/Changes}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi3-additions}
% \begin{description}
% \item[Support for \code{.xz}] Unpack of \code{.xz} and
% \code{.tar.xz} files is possible without any custom
% \code{src_unpack} functions. See \featureref{unpack-extensions}.
% \item[Offset prefix] Supporting installation on Prefix-enabled
% systems will be easier with this EAPI.
% \end{description}
% \section{EAPI 4 (2011-01-17)}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi4}
% \subsection{Additions/Changes}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi4-additions}
% \begin{description}
% \item[\code{pkg_pretend}] Some useful checks (kernel options for
% example) can be placed in this new phase to inform the user early
% (when just pretending to emerge the package). Most checks should
% usually be repeated in \code{pkg_setup}.
% See \featureref{pkg-pretend}.
% \item[\code{src_install}] The \code{src_install} phase is no
% longer empty but has a default now. This comes along with an
% accompanying \code{default} function.
% See \featureref{src-install-4}.
% \item[\code{pkg_info} on non-installed packages] The
% \code{pkg_info} phase can be called even for non-installed
% packages. Be warned that dependencies might not have been
% installed at execution time. See \featureref{pkg-info}.
% \item[\code{econf} changes] The helper function now always
% activates \code{-{}-disable-dependency-tracking}.
% See \featureref{econf-options}.
% \item[USE dependency defaults] In addition to the features offered
% in EAPI 2 for USE dependencies, a \code{(+)} or \code{(-)} can be
% added after a USE flag (mind the parentheses). The former
% specifies that flags not in IUSE should be treated as enabled; the
% latter, disabled. Cannot be used with USE_EXPAND flags. This
% mimics parts of the behaviour of \code{-{}-missing} in
% \code{built_with_use}. See \featureref{use-dep-defaults}.
% \item[Controllable compression] All items in the \code{doc},
% \code{info}, \code{man} subdirectories of \code{/usr/share/} may
% be compressed on-disk after \code{src_install}, except for
% \code{/usr/share/doc/\$\{PF\}/html}. \code{docompress path \dots}
% adds paths to the inclusion list for compression.
% \code{docompress -x path \dots} adds paths to the exclusion list.
% See \featureref{docompress}.
% \item[\code{nonfatal} for commands] If you call \code{nonfatal}
% the command given as argument will not abort the build process in
% case of a failure (as is the default) but will return non-zero on
% failure.
% See \featureref{nonfatal}.
% \item[\code{dodoc} recursion] If the \code{-r} switch is given as
% first argument and followed by directories, files from there are
% installed recursively. See \featureref{dodoc}.
% \item[\code{doins} symlink support] Symbolic links are now
% properly installed when using recursion (\code{-r} switch).
% See \featureref{doins}.
% \item[\code{PROPERTIES}] Is mandatory for all package managers now
% to support interactive installs.
% \item[\code{REQUIRED_USE}] This variable can be used similar to
% the \code{(R|P)DEPEND} variables and define sets of USE flag
% combinations that are not allowed. All elements can be further
% nested to achieve more functionality.
% \begin{description}
% \item[Illegal combination] To prevent activation of
% \code{flag1} if \code{flag2} is enabled use
% "\code{flag2?\ ( !flag1 )}".
% \item[OR] If at least one USE flag out of many must be
% activated on \code{flag1} use
% "\code{flag1?\ ( || ( flag2 flag3 \dots\ ) )}".
% \item[XOR] To allow exactly one USE flag out of many use
% "\code{\textasciicircum\textasciicircum ( flag1 flag2 \dots\ )}".
% \end{description}
% See \featureref{required-use}.
% \item[\code{MERGE_TYPE}] This variable contains one of three
% possible values to allow checks if it is normal merge with
% compilation and installation (\code{source}), installation of a
% binary package (\code{binary}), or a compilation without
% installation (\code{buildonly}). See \featureref{merge-type}.
% \item[\code{REPLACING_VERSIONS}, \code{REPLACED_BY_VERSION}]
% These variables, valid in \code{pkg_*}, contain a list of all
% versions (\code{PVR}) of this package that we are replacing, and
% the version that is replacing the current one, respectively.
% See \featureref{replace-version-vars}.
% \end{description}
% \subsection{Removals/Bans}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi4-removalsbans}
% \begin{description}
% \item[\code{dohard}, \code{dosed}] Both functions are not allowed
% any more. See \featureref{banned-commands}.
% \item[No \code{RDEPEND} fall-back] The package manager will not
% fall back to \code{RDEPEND=DEPEND} if \code{RDEPEND} is undefined.
% See \featureref{rdepend-depend}.
% \item[\code{S} fallback changes] The value of the variable
% \code{S} will not automatically be changed to \code{WORKDIR}, if
% \code{S} is not a directory, but abort. Virtual packages are the
% only exception. See \featureref{s-workdir-fallback}.
% \item[\code{AA}, \code{KV}] These variables are not defined
% any more. See \featureref{aa} and \featureref{kv}.
% \end{description}
% \section{EAPI 5 (2012-09-20)}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi5}
% \subsection{Additions/Changes}
% \label{sec:cs:eapi5-additions}
% \begin{description}
% \item[Sub-slots] The \code{SLOT} variable and slot dependencies
% may contain an optional sub-slot part that follows the regular
% slot, delimited by a \code{/} character; for example
% \code{2/2.30}. The sub-slot is used to represent cases in which
% an upgrade to a new version of a package with a different sub-slot
% may require dependent packages to be rebuilt. If the sub-slot is
% not specified in \code{SLOT}, it defaults to the regular slot.
% See \featureref{sub-slot}.
% \item[Slot operator dependencies] Package dependencies can specify
% one of the following operators as a suffix, which will affect
% updates of runtime dependencies:
% \begin{description}
% \item[\code{:*}] Any slot value is acceptable. The package
% will not break when its dependency is updated.
% \item[\code{:=}] Any slot value is acceptable, but the package
% can break when its dependency is updated to a different slot
% (or sub-slot).
% \end{description}
% See \featureref{slot-operator-deps}.
% \item[Profile \code{IUSE} injection] Apart from the USE flags
% explicitly listed in \code{IUSE}, additional flags can be
% implicitly provided by profiles.
% See \featureref{profile-iuse-inject}.
% \item[At-most-one-of groups] In \code{REQUIRED_USE} you can use
% "\code{??\ ( flag1 flag2 \dots\ )}" to allow zero or one USE flag
% out of many.
% See \featureref{at-most-one-of}.
% \item[Parallel tests] The default for \code{src_test} runs
% \code{emake} without \code{-j1} now.
% See \featureref{parallel-tests}.
% \item[\code{econf} changes] The \code{econf} function now always
% passes \code{-{}-disable-silent-rules} to \code{configure}.
% See \featureref{econf-options}.
% \item[\code{has_version} and \code{best_version} changes]
% The two helpers support a \code{-{}-host-root} option that causes
% the query to apply to the host root instead of \code{ROOT}.
% See~\featureref{pm-query-options}.
% \item[\code{usex}] Usage for this helper function is
% \code{usex} \emph{<USE flag> [true1] [false1] [true2] [false2]}.
% If the USE flag is set, outputs \emph{[true1][true2]}
% (defaults to \code{yes}), otherwise outputs
% \emph{[false1][false2]} (defaults to \code{no}).
% See \featureref{usex}.
% \item[\code{doheader} and \code{newheader}] These new helper
% functions install the given header file(s) into
% \code{/usr/include}. The \code{-r} option enables recursion for
% \code{doheader}, similar to \code{doins}.
% See \featureref{doheader}.
% \item[\code{new*} standard input] The \code{newins} etc.\ commands
% read from standard input if the first argument is \code{-}
% (a hyphen).
% See \featureref{newfoo-stdin}.
% \item[\code{EBUILD_PHASE_FUNC}] This variable is very similar to
% \code{EBUILD_PHASE}, but contains the name of the current ebuild
% function.
% See \featureref{ebuild-phase-func}.
% \item[Stable use masking/forcing] New files
% \code{use.stable.\allowbreak\{mask,force\}} and
% \code{package.use.stable.\allowbreak\{mask,force\}}
% are supported in profile directories. They are similar to their
% non-\code{stable} counterparts, but act only on packages that
% would be merged due to a stable keyword.
% See \featureref{stablemask}.
% \end{description}
\section{EAPI 6 (2015-11-13)}
\label{sec:cs:eapi6}
\subsection{Additions/Changes}
\label{sec:cs:eapi6-additions}
\begin{description}
\item[Bash version] Ebuilds can use features of Bash version 4.2
(was 3.2 before).
See \featureref{bash-version}.
\item[\code{failglob}] The \code{failglob} option of Bash is set
in global scope, so that unintentional pattern expansion will be
caught as an error.
See \featureref{failglob}.
\item[Locale settings] It is ensured that the behaviour of case
modification and collation order for ASCII characters
(\code{LC_CTYPE} and \code{LC_COLLATE}) are the same as in the
POSIX locale.
See \featureref{locale-settings}.
\item[\code{src_prepare}] This phase function has a default now,
which applies patches from the \code{PATCHES} variable with the
new \code{eapply} command, and user-provided patches with
\code{eapply_user}.
See \featureref{src-prepare}.
\item[\code{src_install}] The default implementation uses the new
\code{einstalldocs} function for installing documentation.
See \featureref{src-install}.
\item[\code{nonfatal die}] When \code{die} or \code{assert} are
called under the \code{nonfatal} command and with the \code{-n}
option, they will not abort the build process but return with an
error.
See \featureref{nonfatal-die}.
\item[\code{unpack} changes] \code{unpack} has been extended:
\begin{description}
\item[Pathnames] Both absolute paths and paths relative to the
working directory are accepted as arguments.
See \featureref{unpack-absolute}.
\item[\code{.txz} files] Suffix \code{.txz} for xz compressed
tarballs is recognised.
See \featureref{unpack-extensions}.
\item[Filename case] Character case of filename extensions is
ignored.
See \featureref{unpack-ignore-case}.
\end{description}
\item[\code{econf} changes] Options \code{-{}-docdir} and
\code{-{}-htmldir} are passed to \code{configure}, in addition to
the existing options.
See \featureref{econf-options}.
\item[\code{eapply}] The \code{eapply} command is a simplified
substitute for \code{epatch}, implemented in the package manager.
The patches from its file or directory arguments are applied using
\code{patch -p1}.
See \featureref{eapply}.
\item[\code{eapply_user}] The \code{eapply_user} command permits
the package manager to apply user-provided patches. It must be
called from every \code{src_prepare} function.
See \featureref{eapply-user}.
\item[\code{einstalldocs}] The \code{einstalldocs} function will
install the files specified by the \code{DOCS} variable (or a
default set of files if \code{DOCS} is unset) and by the
\code{HTML_DOCS} variable.
See \featureref{einstalldocs}.
\item[\code{in_iuse}] The \code{in_iuse} function returns
true if the USE flag given as its argument is available in the
ebuild for USE queries.
See \featureref{in-iuse}.
\item[\code{get_libdir}] The \code{get_libdir} command outputs
the \code{lib*} directory basename suitable for the current ABI\@.
See \featureref{get-libdir}.
\end{description}
\subsection{Removals/Bans}
\label{sec:cs:eapi6-removalsbans}
\begin{description}
\item[\code{einstall}] No longer allowed. Use \code{emake install}
as replacement.
See \featureref{banned-commands}.
\end{description}
\section{EAPI 7 (2018-04-30)}
\label{sec:cs:eapi7}
\subsection{Additions/Changes}
\label{sec:cs:eapi7-additions}
\begin{description}
\item[\code{package.*} and \code{use.*}] These profile files can
be directories instead of regular files. This is intended to be
used in overlays only.
See \featureref{package-mask-dir} and \featureref{profile-file-dirs}.
\item[\code{||} and \code{\textasciicircum\textasciicircum}
dependency groups] These groups now evaluate to false when they
are empty (for example, if there are only unmatched use
dependencies inside of them).
See \featureref{empty-dep-groups}.
\item[No trailing slash] The paths specified by \code{ROOT},
\code{EROOT}, \code{D}, and \code{ED} no longer end with a slash.
Thus, default \code{ROOT} is empty now.
See \featureref{trailing-slash}.
\item[Cross compilation support] Several variables have been added
and some commands have been extended for better cross compilation
support:
\begin{description}
\item[\code{BDEPEND}] Build dependencies are divided into two
classes: \code{BDEPEND} for native build tools (\code{CBUILD});
\code{DEPEND} for dependencies compatible with the system
being built (\code{CHOST}).
See \featureref{bdepend}.
\item[\code{SYSROOT}] The path to the root directory for
\code{DEPEND} type dependencies.
See \featureref{sysroot}.
\item[\code{ESYSROOT}] The concatenation of \code{SYSROOT} and
the applicable offset-prefix. See \featureref{sysroot}.
\item[\code{BROOT}] The prefixed root directory path for
\code{BDEPEND} type dependencies, typically executable build
tools.
See \featureref{broot}.
\item[\code{econf}] If supported, configure will be called
with the \code{-{}-with-sysroot=\$\{ESYSROOT:-/\}} option.
See \featureref{econf-options}.
\item[\code{has_version} and \code{best_version}] These
helpers support \code{-b}, \code{-d} or \code{-r} options,
causing the query to apply to \code{BDEPEND}, \code{DEPEND}
or \code{RDEPEND} (the default). This replaces the
\code{-{}-host-root} option.
See \featureref{pm-query-options}.
\end{description}
\item[Environment blacklist] Any environment variable listed in
the profile-defined \code{ENV_UNSET} variable will be unset by the
package manager.
See \featureref{env-unset}.
\item[\code{patch}] All inputs valid for GNU patch version 2.7
are supported. Especially, this includes support for git-formatted
patches.
See \featureref{gnu-patch}.
\item[\code{nonfatal}] In addition to its definition as a shell
function, the \code{nonfatal} wrapper has now a fallback
implementation as an external command. Thus, it can be called
from other commands.
See \featureref{nonfatal}.
\item[Output commands] \code{einfo} and friends no longer use
stdout, so inside of command substitution their output won't be
caught.
See \featureref{output-no-stdout}.
\item[\code{eqawarn}] The \code{eqawarn} output command is
supported in the package manager itself.
See \featureref{eqawarn}.
\item[\code{die} in subshell] The \code{die} command is guaranteed
to work in a subshell context.
See \featureref{subshell-die}.
\item[\code{domo} destination] \code{domo} installs the specified
files under \code{/usr/share/locale} instead of
\code{\$\{DESTTREE\}/\allowbreak share/locale}.
See \featureref{domo-path}.
\item[Controllable stripping] The \code{dostrip -x} command can be
used to add paths to an exclusion list for stripping of debug
symbols, to allow more fine-grained control than with
\code{RESTRICT="strip"}.
See \featureref{dostrip}.
\item[Version manipulation and comparison commands] \mbox{}
\begin{description}
\item[\code{ver_cut} \emph{range} {[\emph{version}]}]
Print the version substring specified by \emph{range}.
\emph{version} defaults to \code{PV}.
\item[\code{ver_rs} \emph{range repl} \dots\ {[\emph{version}]}]
Replace all version separators in \emph{range} by string
\emph{repl}. Multiple \emph{range repl} pairs are allowed.
\emph{version} defaults to \code{PV}.
\item[\code{ver_test} {[\emph{v1}]} \emph{op v2}]
Check if the relation \emph{v1 op v2} is true.
\emph{v1} defaults to \code{PVR}; \emph{op} can be \code{-eq},
\code{-ne}, \code{-gt}, \code{-ge}, \code{-lt} or \code{-le}.
\end{description}
See \featureref{ver-commands}.
\end{description}
\subsection{Removals/Bans}
\label{sec:cs:eapi7-removalsbans}
\begin{description}
\item[\code{package.provided}] Deprecated since a long time and
finally dropped.
See \featureref{package-provided}.
\item[\code{PORTDIR} and \code{ECLASSDIR}] No longer defined,
because ebuilds should not directly access files in the repository.
See \featureref{portdir} and \featureref{eclassdir}.
\item[\code{DESTTREE} and \code{INSDESTTREE}] Not defined any
more. Use the \code{into} and \code{insinto} commands instead.
See \featureref{desttree} and \featureref{insdesttree}.
\item[\code{dohtml}] No longer allowed. \code{doins -r} can be
used as a replacement.
See \featureref{banned-commands}.
\item[\code{dolib} and \code{libopts}] No longer allowed.
The specific \code{dolib.a} or \code{dolib.so} commands should be
used as replacement.
See \featureref{banned-commands}.
\end{description}
\section{EAPI 8 (2021-06-13)}
\label{sec:cs:eapi8}
\subsection{Additions/Changes}
\label{sec:cs:eapi8-additions}
\begin{description}
\item[\code{profiles/updates} directory] Arbitrary filenames
are now allowed, instead of strict naming by quarters
(like \code{2Q-2021}). See \featureref{updates-filenames}.
\item[Bash version] Ebuilds can use features of Bash version 5.0
(was 4.2 before). See \featureref{bash-version}.
\item[Selective fetch/mirror restriction] In \code{SRC_URI},
adding a \code{fetch+} or \code{mirror+} prefix to an individual
URI means that the file may be fetched or mirrored. This overrides
the corresponding global settings in the \code{RESTRICT} variable.
See \featureref{uri-restrict}.
\item[\code{IDEPEND}] This variable specifies install-time
dependencies on packages used in (e.\,g.) \code{pkg_postinst}.
In a cross-compilation environment, these are dependencies for
native tools (\code{CBUILD}). See \featureref{idepend}.
\item[\code{pkg_*} phases] The initial working directory is
guaranteed to be empty. See \featureref{phase-function-dir}.
\item[\code{src_prepare}] Items in the \code{PATCHES} variable are
interpreted as files, even if their name begins with a hyphen.
See \featureref{src-prepare}.
\item[\code{PROPERTIES} and \code{RESTRICT}] These variables are
accumulated across the ebuild and inherited eclasses, like
\code{IUSE}, \code{REQUIRED\_USE}, and \code{*DEPEND} were before.
See \featureref{accumulate-vars}.
\item[\code{econf}] If supported, options
\code{-{}-disable-static} and
\code{-{}-datarootdir=\$\{EPREFIX\}/usr/share} are passed
to configure, respectively. See \featureref{econf-options}.
\item[\code{dosym}] With the new option \code{-r}, an absolute
path specified for the link target will be converted to a path
relative to the link location. See \featureref{dosym-relative}.
\item[\code{insopts}] Commands \code{doconfd}, \code{doenvd},
\code{doheader} install files with fixed mode 0644, i.\,e.\
they are no longer affected by \code{insopts}.
See \featureref{insopts}.
\item[\code{exeopts}] Command \code{doinitd} installs files
with fixed mode 0755, i.\,e.\ it is no longer affected by
\code{exeopts}. See \featureref{exeopts}.
\item[\code{usev}] This helper has an optional second argument
now: \code{usev} \emph{<flag> [true]}. If the flag is set,
outputs \emph{[true]}, or the flag's name if called with only one
argument. Otherwise outputs nothing. See \featureref{usev}.
\end{description}
\subsection{Removals/Bans}
\label{sec:cs:eapi8-removalsbans}
\begin{description}
\item[\code{useq}] No longer allowed. Use regular \code{use} as
a drop-in replacement. See \featureref{banned-commands}.
\item[\code{hasv} and \code{hasq}] No longer allowed. Regular
\code{has} should be used instead.
See \featureref{banned-commands}.
\item[\code{unpack}] No longer supports unpacking of 7-Zip, RAR,
and LHA archives. See \featureref{unpack-extensions}.
\end{description}
\end{document}
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