Install this version:
emerge -a =net-mail/b4-0.15.2
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =net-mail/b4-0.15.2
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =net-mail/b4-0.15.2
# Copyright 2020-2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
EAPI=8
DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
inherit distutils-r1
DESCRIPTION="Utility for fetching patchsets from public-inbox"
HOMEPAGE="https://pypi.org/project/b4/"
SRC_URI="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="GPL-2+"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~x86"
RESTRICT=test # gentoo:: is missing dependences (e.g. dev-python/textual)
RDEPEND="
>=dev-python/certifi-3024.7.22[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/cffi-2.0.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/charset-normalizer-3.4.6[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/dkimpy-1.1.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/dnspython-2.8[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/idna-3.11[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/patatt-0.7[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/pycparser-3.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/pynacl-1.6.2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/requests-2.32.5[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-python/urllib3-2.6.3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
>=dev-vcs/git-filter-repo-2.47[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
"
>=dev-python/certifi-3024.7.22[] >=dev-python/cffi-2.0.0[] >=dev-python/charset-normalizer-3.4.6[] >=dev-python/dkimpy-1.1.8[] >=dev-python/dnspython-2.8[] >=dev-python/idna-3.11[] >=dev-python/patatt-0.7[] >=dev-python/pycparser-3.0[] >=dev-python/pynacl-1.6.2[] >=dev-python/requests-2.32.5[] >=dev-python/urllib3-2.6.3[] >=dev-vcs/git-filter-repo-2.47[]
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | b4-0.15.2.tar.gz | 1036682 bytes | https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/b4/b4.git/snapshot/b4-0.15.2.tar.gz |