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gentle (Gentoo Lazy Entry) is a metadata.xml generator for ebuilds.

Installation

`doc`	Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally
`test`	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)

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Install gentle:

root #emerge --ask app-portage/gentle

The gentle command takes an ebuild file as input, unpacks sources into a temporary directory and tries to guess upstream metadata.

user $gentle foo-1.0.ebuild