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diff --git a/src/genpkgindex/genpkgindex.1 b/src/genpkgindex/genpkgindex.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a3956e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/genpkgindex/genpkgindex.1 @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.TH "genpkgindex" "1" "" "Ned Ludd" "gentoolkit" +.SH "NAME" +.LP +genpkgindex \- Generates package metadata from binary packages for use with programs such a qmerge from portage\-utils +.SH "USAGE" +.LP +genpkgindex [\fI\-\-options\fP] + +.SH "DESCRIPTION" +.LP +Generates package metadata from binary packages for use with programs such a qmerge from portage\-utils +.SH "OPTIONS" +.LP +.TP +\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR + Display help and exit +.TP +\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fR + Be verbose +.TP +\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fR + Be quiet +.TP +\fB\-c, \-\-compress\fR + Compresses the generated metadata with bzip2. +.TP +\fB\-P, \-\-pkgdir <path>\fR + Set the base location of the binary packages. The default is normally /usr/portage/packages +.TP + +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +.LP +.TP +\fBPKGDIR\fP +is the location of binary packages that you can have created with FEATURES=buildpkg, '\-\-buildpkg' or '\-b/\-B' while emerging a package. +.SH "EXAMPLES" +.LP +Typical usage is to simply run: +.LP +genpkgindex +.LP +Alternatively if you want the metadata compressed: +.LP +genpkgindex \-\-compress +.LP +.SH "NOTES" +.LP +When no package directories are directly given to genpkgindex on the command line it will output additional variables that it assumes from the running portage environment. +.LP +When FEATURES=cleanpkgdir is enabled genpkgindex will invoke "/usr/bin/eclean \-d packages" before creating any package metadata. +.LP +genpkgindex intended use is to be run from /etc/portage/bashrc in the $EBUILD_PHASE of "postinst". +.LP +.SH "AUTHORS" +.LP +Ned Ludd <solar@gentoo.org> +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.LP +emerge(1) qmerge(1) make.conf(5) portage(5) |