Install this version:
emerge -a =dev-util/nvchecker-2.20
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =dev-util/nvchecker-2.20
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =dev-util/nvchecker-2.20
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.20 | 8 | ~amd64 | 0 |
# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License
EAPI=8
PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{12..14} )
DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
inherit distutils-r1 optfeature
DESCRIPTION="New version checker for software releases"
HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/"
SRC_URI="https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
LICENSE="MIT"
SLOT="0"
KEYWORDS="~amd64"
PROPERTIES="test_network"
RESTRICT="test"
RDEPEND="
dev-python/structlog[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
|| (
(
dev-python/pycurl[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
dev-python/tornado[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
)
dev-python/aiohttp[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
)
"
BDEPEND="
test? (
dev-python/jq[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
dev-python/pytest-httpbin[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
$(python_gen_cond_dep \
'dev-python/zstandard[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python3_{11..13})
dev-vcs/git
)
"
# NOTE: The network-reliant tests are really flaky, as the various websites
# don't always respond consistently, or may have changed their response.
EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
# Need missing python libraries
tests/test_sortversion.py::test_awesomeversion # awesomeversion
tests/test_sortversion.py::test_vercmp # pyalpm
# "requires makepkg command"
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm_missing_pkg
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm_missing_provides
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm_missing_repo
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm_provided
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm_provided_strip
tests/test_alpm.py::test_alpm_strip
# "requires pacman command"
tests/test_alpmfiles.py::test_alpmfiles
tests/test_alpmfiles.py::test_alpmfiles_strip
tests/test_pacman.py::test_pacman
tests/test_pacman.py::test_pacman_strip_release
# "KEYFILE not set"
tests/test_github.py::test_github
tests/test_github.py::test_github_default_not_master
tests/test_github.py::test_github_latest_release
tests/test_github.py::test_github_latest_release_include_prereleases
tests/test_github.py::test_github_latest_tag
tests/test_github.py::test_github_max_release
tests/test_github.py::test_github_max_release_with_ignored
tests/test_github.py::test_github_max_release_with_include
tests/test_github.py::test_github_max_tag
tests/test_github.py::test_github_max_tag_with_ignored
tests/test_github.py::test_github_max_tag_with_include
tests/test_github.py::test_github_with_path
tests/test_github.py::test_github_with_path_and_branch
# "unconditional skip"
tests/test_apt.py::test_apt_deepin
tests/test_mercurial.py::test_mercurial
)
distutils_enable_tests pytest
pkg_postinst() {
if ! has_version "dev-python/pycurl[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]" || \
! has_version "dev-python/tornado[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"; then
ewarn "This program is using dev-python/aiohttp as networking backend"
ewarn "However, for the best results, upstream recommends installing the following:"
ewarn " dev-python/tornado"
ewarn " dev-python/pycurl"
ewarn
fi
optfeature "jq source" "dev-python/jq[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
optfeature "httpheader source" "dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
optfeature "pypi source" "dev-python/packaging[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
if use python_targets_python3_12 || \
use python_targets_python3_13; then
optfeature "rpmrepo source" "dev-python/zstandard[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
fi
optfeature "git source" dev-vcs/git
}
dev-python/structlog[] || ( ( dev-python/pycurl[] dev-python/tornado[] ) dev-python/aiohttp[] )
test? ( dev-python/jq[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/lxml[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/pytest-asyncio[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] dev-python/pytest-httpbin[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] $(python_gen_cond_dep \ 'dev-python/zstandard[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]' python3_{11..13}) dev-vcs/git )
| Type | File | Size | Source URLs |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIST | nvchecker-2.20.tar.gz | 71423 bytes | https://github.com/lilydjwg/nvchecker/archive/refs/tags/v2.20.tar.gz |