MATE.ECLASS

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Updated: Oct 2025
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NAME

mate.eclass - Provides phases for MATE based packages.

DESCRIPTION

Exports portage base functions used by ebuilds written for packages using the MATE framework. Occasionally acts as a wrapper to gnome2 due to the fact that MATE is a GNOME fork. For additional functions, see gnome2-utils.eclass.

SUPPORTED EAPIS

7 8

TRANSITIVELY PROVIDED ECLASSES

mate-desktop.org

FUNCTIONS

mate_py_cond_func_wrap: Wraps a function for conditional python use, to run for each python implementation in the build directory. This function should only be used if the ebuild also inherits the python-r1 eclass
ematedocize: A wrapper around mate-doc-common
want_mate_doc: Returns true/false based on whether eautoreconf should call ematedocize
mate_src_prepare: Call gnome2_src_prepare to handle environment setup and patching, then call eautoreconf if necessary
mate_src_configure: MATE specific configure handling Stub to gnome2_src_configure()
mate_src_install: MATE specific install. Stub to gnome2_src_install
mate_pkg_preinst: Finds Icons, GConf and GSettings schemas for later handling in pkg_postinst Stub to gnome2_pkg_preinst
mate_pkg_postinst: Handle scrollkeeper, GConf, GSettings, Icons, desktop and mime database updates. Stub to gnome2_pkg_postinst
mate_pkg_postrm: Handle scrollkeeper, GSettings, Icons, desktop and mime database updates. Stub to gnome2_pkg_postrm

ECLASS VARIABLES

MATE_LA_PUNT = ${MATE_LA_PUNT:-""}: Available values for MATE_LA_PUNT: - "no": will not clean any .la files - Any non-"no" value will run find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
MATE_LA_PUNT is a stub to GNOME2_LA_PUNT
MATE_FORCE_AUTORECONF ?= "false": Available values for MATE_FORCE_AUTORECONF: - true: will always run eautoreconf - false: will default to automatic detect - If it is not set, it will default to false

AUTHORS

Authors: NP-Hardass <[email protected]> based upon the gnome2
and autotools-utils eclasses

MAINTAINERS

[email protected]

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs via https://bugs.gentoo.org/

FILES

mate.eclass

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