Also see the official EAPI 4-python Specification.
dohtml by default additionally installs files with .ico, .svg, .xhtml and .xml extensions.
Repository dependencies are supported in atoms in DEPEND, PDEPEND and RDEPEND and atoms passed to best_version and has_version functions. Repository dependency is specified by two colons followed by repository name.
Table 5.8. Repository Dependency Examples
| Atom |
|---|
| dev-lang/python::progress |
| >=dev-lang/python-3.2::progress |
| dev-lang/python:3.2::progress |
| dev-lang/python::progress[xml] |
| dev-lang/python:3.2::progress[xml] |
globstar shell option is enabled by default, which enables recursive expansion of ** pattern in pathname expansion context.
Repository-level configuration in ${repository_path}/profiles is supported for the following files:
make.defaults
package.use
package.use.force
package.use.mask
use.force
use.mask
The following files can be directories:
package.mask
package.use
package.use.force
package.use.mask
use.force
use.mask
USE flag aliases are supported to allow to satisfy dependencies of packages from other repositories, which require differently named USE flags. USE flag aliases are defined in ${repository_path}/profiles/use.aliases and ${repository_path}/profiles/package.use.aliases files.
Table 5.10. package.use.aliases Example
| category/package1 real_flag1 alias1 alias2 |
| category/package1 real_flag2 alias3 alias4 |
| =category/package2-1* real_flag3 alias5 alias6 |
| =category/package2-2* real_flag4 alias5 alias6 |