--autounmask-write=y writes the unmask file but emerge still
aborts because CONFIG_PROTECT marks the file as needing manual
review. --autounmask-continue=y is the right flag — it writes the
unmask AND continues the merge without aborting.
Discovered via the 'Autounmask changes successfully written.' message
followed by an immediate abort. The error message about
'autounmask-write' was actually about re-running with that flag,
not about what happened.
Applied to all three emerge invocations (main + GURU + sway).
Discovered via man: --autounmask=y alone only DISPLAYS the needed
keyword changes and aborts. The actual write to /etc/portage/...
files requires --autounmask-write=y (or --autounmask-continue=y
which also auto-continues after writing). Without --autounmask-write,
every lazygit (and any other ~amd64-only GURU package) install
fails with:
The following keyword changes are necessary to proceed:
=dev-vcs/lazygit-0.62.2 ~amd64
Use --autounmask-write to write changes to config files
Added to all three emerge invocations:
- run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl: main loop
- run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl: GURU loop
- run_once_40-install-sway-gentoo.sh.tmpl
lazygit and most GURU packages are ~amd64 only. Without --autounmask=y,
emerge fails with: =dev-vcs/lazygit-0.62.2 ~amd64 required.
Applied to run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl and
run_once_40-install-sway-gentoo.sh.tmpl.
Tadbit (tadbit-gentoo, x86_64, gcc 15.2.1, TKG kernel) joins the
homelab as the 7th machine — the first gentoo box. Adds Gentoo
support to the bootstrap alongside arch and debian.
New scripts:
- run_once_10-add-gentoo-overlays.sh.tmpl: enables GURU overlay
via 'eselect repository enable guru' + 'emaint sync -r guru'.
Idempotent — skips if GURU is already at /var/db/repos/guru.
GURU is required because eza, lazygit, topgrade, and most modern
CLI tools only live in GURU (not main).
- run_once_20-install-user-packages-gentoo.sh.tmpl: emerge-based
user package set. Writes USE flags to package.use/ BEFORE
emerging so foot/wofi/waybar get the right features. Detects
missing packages via 'command -v <basename>'. Falls back to
the official curl installer for bun (no gentoo package).
- run_once_40-install-sway-gentoo.sh.tmpl: sway stack via emerge
with USE flags for X+wayland+tray+upower+wireplumber.
Updated scripts:
- .chezmoi.yaml.tmpl: os_family detection now also matches 'gentoo'.
Critical fix: Gentoo's /etc/os-release uses single-quoted values
('gentoo' not 'gentoo' or "gentoo"), and chezmoi's parser doesn't
strip them. Without trimAll "'", .chezmoi.osRelease.id returns
the literal string 'gentoo' with quotes, and the eq test fails.
Symptom: os_family silently becomes 'unknown'.
- run_once_00-install-bootstrap-tools.sh.tmpl: added gentoo branch
that uses emerge --sync + emerge (skipping if tree is < 1 day old).
- run_onchange_30-ensure-cargo.sh.tmpl: added gentoo branch for
bat (already installed by emerge, just verify), topgrade (GURU),
cargo-update (dev-util/cargo-update in main).
README: documented Gentoo-specific quirks (USE flags, GURU,
single-quote parsing, no binary packages).
