[gentoo-portage-dev] Portage API questions

[Sebastian Pipping]

Hello!


As part of my Gentoo Google Summer of Code activities
I am making use of the Portage Python API.  As some of
you can tell much quicker than me

  - if the API can answer question X, and

  - where to find functionality for task Y

I come here to ask for precise pointers related to
gathering these sets of data:

  - publically known distfile mirror URLs
  - publically known global use flags
  - entries for package.keywords
  - entries for package.mask
  - entries for package.unmask
  - entries for package.use
  - installed packages with version numbers
  - entries for /var/lib/portage/world
  - available local use for ebuild file F
  - applied use flags for installed package P

So my two questions are:

  - Which of these sets of data can be obtained
    through the Portage API, which of them not?

  - Which classes and functions should I look at?

That's it for now.
I'm thankful for any helpful bytes.



Sebastian