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Let's document: Portage

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#12,173 opened on Jan 31, 2024

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good first issuehelp wantedlet's documentnew command

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Description

Command description

The Gentoo package manager and distribution system.

Documentation

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage

Platform

Linux

VCS repository link (e.g. GitHub, GitLab)

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/portage.git

Additional information

"For day to day usage, the emerge, emaint, and dispatch-conf will be the most used Portage commands". So I think we should document emaint and dispatch-conf first.

Commands

  • archive-conf →
  • dispatch-conf →
  • ebuild → #2075
  • egencache →
  • emaint → #18166
  • emerge → #125
  • emerge-webrsync →
  • emirrordist →
  • env-update →
  • etc-update →
  • fixpackages →
  • regenworld →
  • portageq → #13177
  • quickpkg →
  • glsa-check →

Contributor guide

Research direction
Select an unchecked command from the list (e.g., dispatch conf or archive conf), read the official Gentoo wiki documentation for that command, and create a tldr page following the style guide and contributing guidelines. Ensure the page includes common operations and examples.
Tech stack
shell
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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Under 1 hour
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
Git
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80