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x11-wm/awesome (gentoo)

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Notice: This package is in a virtual group: virtual/notification-daemon
Equivalents: gnome-base/gnome-shell, gnome-extra/cinnamon, gui-apps/mako, kde-plasma/plasma-workspace, lxqt-base/lxqt-notificationd, net-misc/eventd, x11-misc/dunst, x11-misc/mate-notification-daemon, x11-misc/notification-daemon, x11-misc/notify-osd, x11-wm/enlightenment, xfce-extra/xfce4-notifyd

Install

Install this package:

emerge -a x11-wm/awesome

Package Information

Description:: Dynamic floating and tiling window manager
Homepage:: https://awesomewm.org/
License:: GPL-2

Versions

Version	EAPI	Keywords
9999	8	~amd64 ~arm ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~x86
4.3_p20260105	8	amd64 arm ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86
4.3	8	amd64 arm ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86
4.3	8	amd64 arm ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86

Metadata

Upstream

Remote IDs:
- github: awesomeWM/awesome

Raw Metadata XML

<pkgmetadata>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="github">awesomeWM/awesome</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

Lint Warnings

[Warning] Ebuild 9999 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 16.
[Warning] Ebuild 9999 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 19.
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3_p20260105 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 16.
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3_p20260105 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 19.
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 13.
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3 has a line exceeding 80 positions on line 13.
[Warning] Ebuild 9999 calls 'doman' conditionally based on a USE flag. Manpages must be installed unconditionally (PG0305).
[Warning] Ebuild 9999 calls 'doman' conditionally based on a USE flag. Manpages must be installed unconditionally (PG0305).
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3_p20260105 calls 'doman' conditionally based on a USE flag. Manpages must be installed unconditionally (PG0305).
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3_p20260105 calls 'doman' conditionally based on a USE flag. Manpages must be installed unconditionally (PG0305).
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3 calls 'doman' conditionally based on a USE flag. Manpages must be installed unconditionally (PG0305).
[Warning] Ebuild 4.3 calls 'doman' conditionally based on a USE flag. Manpages must be installed unconditionally (PG0305).
[Warning] USE flag 'dbus' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gnome' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 9999 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'dbus' in ebuild 4.3_p20260105 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild 4.3_p20260105 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gnome' in ebuild 4.3_p20260105 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 4.3_p20260105 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'dbus' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gnome' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'dbus' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'doc' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'gnome' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Warning] USE flag 'test' in ebuild 4.3 is not documented in metadata.xml
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'awesome-4.3.tar.xz'
[Error] Manifest entry for unused DIST file 'awesome-4.3_p20260105.tar.gz'
[Error] Repository is missing a repo-name in metadata/layout.conf or profiles/repo_name
[Notice] Package has only unstable keywords for arch(es): [ riscv ], all versions are unstable: [ 4.3, 4.3, 4.3_p20260105 ]
[Error] Package has no maintainers defined in metadata.xml
[Error] Package has no maintainers but is missing the  comment in metadata.xml

USE Flags

Manage flags for this package: euse -i <flag> -p x11-wm/awesome | euse -E <flag> -p x11-wm/awesome | euse -D <flag> -p x11-wm/awesome

Flag	Description	9999	4.3_p20260105	4.3	4.3
dbus	Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)	✓	✓	✓	✓
doc	Add extra documentation (API, Javadoc, etc). It is recommended to enable per package instead of globally	✓	✓	✓	✓
gnome	Add GNOME support	✓	✓	✓	✓
test	Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently)	✓	✓	✓	✓

Files

awesome-4.0-cflag-cleanup.patch
awesome-4.0-convert-path.patch
awesome-4.3-cflag-cleanup.patch
awesome-4.3-fix_cmake4.patch
awesome-4.3-fix_target.patch
awesome-4.3-fno-common.patch
awesome-4.3_p20260105-bump_cmake_min.patch
awesome-client.1
awesome-gnome-3.session
awesome-gnome-xsession.desktop
awesome-gnome.desktop
awesome-gnome.session
awesome-session
awesome-xsession.patch
awesome.1
awesomerc.5

Manifest

Type	File	Size	Versions
DIST	awesome-4.3.tar.xz	1037816 bytes	4.3

Unmatched Entries

Type	File	Size
DIST	awesome-4.3_p20260105.tar.gz	1624596 bytes