Install this version:
emerge -a =app-backup/snapper-0.13.1
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =app-backup/snapper-0.13.1
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =app-backup/snapper-0.13.1
# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
inherit autotools systemd
DESCRIPTION="Command-line program for btrfs and lvm snapshot management"
HOMEPAGE="http://snapper.io/"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/openSUSE/${PN}/archive/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="GPL-2"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="amd64 ~arm64 ~riscv x86"
IUSE="lvm pam test systemd xattr"
RESTRICT="test"
BDEPEND="app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets
dev-libs/libxslt
sys-devel/gettext
virtual/pkgconfig"
RDEPEND="dev-libs/boost:=
dev-libs/json-c:=
dev-libs/libxml2:=
dev-libs/icu:=
sys-apps/acl
sys-apps/dbus
sys-apps/util-linux
>=sys-fs/btrfs-progs-3.17.1
virtual/zlib:=
virtual/libintl
lvm? ( sys-fs/lvm2 )
pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
xattr? ( sys-apps/attr )"
DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.11.0-cron-confd.patch
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.10.1-testsuite.patch
)
src_prepare() {
default
sed -e "s,/usr/lib/systemd/system,$(systemd_get_systemunitdir),g" \
-i data/Makefile.* \
|| die "Failed to fix systemd services and timers installation path"
eautoreconf
}
src_configure() {
# ext4 code does not work anymore
# snapper does not build without btrfs
local myeconfargs=(
--disable-silent-rules
--with-conf="/etc/conf.d"
--enable-zypp
--enable-rollback
--enable-btrfs-quota
--disable-ext4
--enable-btrfs
--enable-doc
$(use_enable lvm)
$(use_enable pam)
$(use_enable test tests)
$(use_enable systemd)
$(use_enable xattr xattrs)
)
econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
}
src_install() {
default
# Existing configuration file required to function
keepdir /etc/snapper/configs
newconfd data/sysconfig.snapper snapper
find "${D}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
}
pkg_postinst() {
elog "In order to use Snapper, you need to set up"
elog "at least one config first. To do this, run:"
elog "snapper create-config <subvolume>"
elog "For more information, see man (8) snapper or"
elog "http://snapper.io/documentation.html and"
elog "https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Snapper"
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p app-backup/snapper |
euse -E <flag> -p app-backup/snapper |
euse -D <flag> -p app-backup/snapper
dev-libs/boost:= dev-libs/json-c:= dev-libs/libxml2:= dev-libs/icu:= sys-apps/acl sys-apps/dbus sys-apps/util-linux >=sys-fs/btrfs-progs-3.17.1 virtual/zlib:= virtual/libintl lvm? ( sys-fs/lvm2 ) pam? ( sys-libs/pam ) xattr? ( sys-apps/attr )
dev-libs/boost:= dev-libs/json-c:= dev-libs/libxml2:= dev-libs/icu:= sys-apps/acl sys-apps/dbus sys-apps/util-linux >=sys-fs/btrfs-progs-3.17.1 virtual/zlib:= virtual/libintl lvm? ( sys-fs/lvm2 ) pam? ( sys-libs/pam ) xattr? ( sys-apps/attr )
app-text/docbook-xsl-stylesheets dev-libs/libxslt sys-devel/gettext virtual/pkgconfig
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | snapper-0.13.1.tar.gz | 614865 bytes | https://github.com/openSUSE/snapper/archive/v0.13.1.tar.gz |