NAME

       cdist-type__package_emerge - Manage packages with portage

DESCRIPTION

       Portage is usually used on the gentoo distribution to manage packages.  This type requires
       app-portage/gentoolkit        installed        on         the         target         host.
       cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies  is supposed to install the needed packages on the
       target host.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

       None

OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

       name   If supplied, use the name and not the object id as the package name.

       state  Either "present" or "absent", defaults to "present".

       version
              If supplied, use to install or uninstall a specific version of the package named.

EXAMPLES

          # Ensure sys-devel/gcc is installed
          __package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state present

          # If you want a specific version of a package
          __package_emerge app-portage/gentoolkit --state present --version 0.3.0.8-r2

          # Remove package
          __package_emerge sys-devel/gcc --state absent

SEE ALSO

       cdist-type__package(7), cdist-type__package_emerge_dependencies(7)

AUTHORS

       Thomas Oettli <otho--@--sfs.biz>

COPYING

       Copyright (C) 2013 Thomas Oettli. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
       of  the  GNU  General  Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
       version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.