Gentoo ebuild repository
E203894
The Gentoo ebuild repository is the central collection of package build scripts and metadata that defines how software is compiled, configured, and installed in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gentoo ebuild repository canonical | 3 |
| Gentoo main tree | 1 |
| Gentoo portage tree | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1831702 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gentoo ebuild repository Context triple: [Gentoo Linux, usesRepository, Gentoo ebuild repository]
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A.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a highly customizable, source-based Linux distribution known for its performance optimization and flexibility through its Portage package management system.
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B.
pkgsrc
pkgsrc is a cross-platform package management and build system originally developed for NetBSD, used to compile, install, and manage third-party software across multiple Unix-like operating systems.
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C.
Slackware
Slackware is one of the oldest actively maintained Linux distributions, known for its simplicity, stability, and adherence to Unix-like design principles.
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D.
AUR
AUR (Arch User Repository) is a community-driven repository for Arch Linux users that hosts user-submitted package build scripts to simplify installing software not available in the official repositories.
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E.
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gentoo ebuild repository Target entity description: The Gentoo ebuild repository is the central collection of package build scripts and metadata that defines how software is compiled, configured, and installed in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
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A.
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux is a highly customizable, source-based Linux distribution known for its performance optimization and flexibility through its Portage package management system.
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B.
pkgsrc
pkgsrc is a cross-platform package management and build system originally developed for NetBSD, used to compile, install, and manage third-party software across multiple Unix-like operating systems.
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C.
Slackware
Slackware is one of the oldest actively maintained Linux distributions, known for its simplicity, stability, and adherence to Unix-like design principles.
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D.
AUR
AUR (Arch User Repository) is a community-driven repository for Arch Linux users that hosts user-submitted package build scripts to simplify installing software not available in the official repositories.
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E.
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a lightweight, security-focused Linux distribution designed for simplicity, resource efficiency, and containerized environments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
package repository
ⓘ
software repository ⓘ source-based package repository ⓘ |
| accessedWith |
eix tool
ⓘ
emaint command ⓘ emerge command ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
::gentoo repository
ⓘ
Gentoo ebuild repository ⓘ
surface form:
Gentoo main tree
Gentoo ebuild repository ⓘ
surface form:
Gentoo portage tree
|
| contributedToBy | Gentoo community ⓘ |
| defines |
USE flag behavior
ⓘ
package build instructions ⓘ package configuration options ⓘ package dependencies ⓘ package installation steps ⓘ package keywords ⓘ package masking ⓘ package metadata ⓘ package slotting ⓘ profiles and system defaults ⓘ |
| documentedAt |
Gentoo Handbook
ⓘ
Gentoo Wiki ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Gentoo QA guidelines
ⓘ
Gentoo ebuild writing guidelines ⓘ Gentoo policies ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
ChangeLog files
ⓘ
Manifest files ⓘ ebuild files ⓘ eclasses ⓘ licenses directory ⓘ metadata files ⓘ profiles ⓘ virtual packages ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryURL | https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/ ⓘ |
| implementedIn | text files ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Gentoo community
ⓘ
surface form:
Gentoo developers
Gentoo maintainers ⓘ |
| mirroredAt |
https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo
ⓘ
rsync.gentoo.org ⓘ |
| officialName | Gentoo ebuild repository self-link ⓘ |
| partOf | Gentoo Linux ⓘ |
| previouslyVersionControlledBy | CVS ⓘ |
| supports |
USE flags
ⓘ
binary package generation ⓘ multiple architectures ⓘ package masking ⓘ profile-based configuration ⓘ slotting ⓘ source-based package compilation ⓘ stable and testing branches ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Gentoo Linux users
ⓘ
Gentoo Portage package manager ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building Gentoo packages from source
ⓘ
configuring system profiles ⓘ managing package keywords and masks ⓘ resolving package dependencies ⓘ |
| uses |
Bash scripting language
ⓘ
EAPI (Ebuild API) ⓘ Portage metadata format ⓘ |
| versionControlledBy | Git ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gentoo ebuild repository Description of subject: The Gentoo ebuild repository is the central collection of package build scripts and metadata that defines how software is compiled, configured, and installed in the Gentoo Linux distribution.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gentoo main tree
this entity surface form:
Gentoo portage tree