emaint

Practical emaint cheat sheet covering repository sync, world and merge consistency checks, log cleanup, binhost validation, Gentoo news maintenance, and safe Portage hygiene operations

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Run all maintenance checks

emaint all

Pretend mode (no changes)

emaint -p all

Verbose output

emaint -v all

Quiet mode (scripting)

emaint -q all

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Repository

Sync all repositories

emaint sync

Check repository metadata

emaint repo check

Fix repository issues

emaint repo fix

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World File

Check world file consistency

emaint world

Pretend world file fixes

emaint -p world

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Merges

Clean up failed or stuck merges

emaint merges

Pretend merge cleanup

emaint -p merges

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Logs

Check log directory

emaint logs check

Clean old Portage logs

emaint logs clean

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Binhost

Check binary package repository

emaint binhost check

Clean broken binary packages

emaint binhost clean

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Gentoo News

Check Gentoo news state

emaint news check

Fix Gentoo news database

emaint news fix

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Sync (Granular)

Sync main Gentoo repository only

emaint sync --repo gentoo

Pretend repository sync

emaint -p sync

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Combined Maintenance

Full maintenance run (recommended)

emaint sync
emaint all

Safe maintenance for cron jobs

emaint -q sync && emaint -q all

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Exit Codes

Check exit status

emaint all
echo $?

• 0 — success
• 1 — non-fatal issues detected
• 2 — fatal error