Ebuild/de

An ebuild file is Article description::a text file, usually stored in a, which identifies a specific software package and tells the Gentoo package manager how to handle it. Ebuilds use a bash-like syntax style and are standardized through the , by adhering to a specific version.

Ebuilds contain metadata about each version of a piece of available software (name, version number, license, home page address...), dependency information (both build-time and run-time), and instructions on how to build and install the software (configure, compile, build, install, test...).

The default location for ebuilds in Gentoo is the.



"ebuild" command
is also the command for running the various ebuild functions.

Information on the command can be found locally by running:

Live ebuilds
An ebuild is a live ebuild if the source is fetched from a revision control system (VCS). They tend to, but not necessarily, have the version number 9999 so that they can be easily distinguished from normal ebuilds based on upstream releases.

In a formal sense, an ebuild is live if it has a variable  with a value "live" inside it. If an ebuild inherits a VCS eclass (e.g. git-r3, mercurial, darcs), it will be live, because these eclasses have a line.

In the site packages.gentoo.org, a Live ebuild has the sign L. In the output of eix, it is marked with.

Externe Ressourcen

 * Ebuild eclass-Referenz im Entwicklerhandbuch.
 * ebuild-maintainer-quiz.txt - Gentoo Entwickler ebuild Quiz.