When having FEATURES=getbinpkg in /etc/portage/make.conf using --getbinpkg=n in the command line for emerge doesn't change anything. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have a bin package 2. Set FEATURES=getbinpkg in /etc/portage/make.conf 3. Try rebuilding the package with 'emerge --getbinpkg=n' Actual Results: Installs the old bin package. Expected Results: Rebuilds the package. My guess is that getbinpkg needs similar treatment as buildpkg here: https://github.com/gentoo/portage/blob/2e87bfaabd0550f0b34556470b28906d30bd5e48/lib/_emerge/actions.py#L2284
Just as side note because I stumbled across this: The behavior seems to be also described differently in the wiki: Binary package guide (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Binary_package_guide#Installing_binary_packages): ``` There is a Portage feature that forces emerge to always try to fetch files from the binary package host: FILE /etc/portage/make.conf Enabling getbinpkg in the FEATURES variable FEATURES="getbinpkg" Note that this is not equivalent to --getbinpkg (-g) in the EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS variable. Especially, --getbinpkg=n on the command line won't override the feature. ``` Gentoo binary host quickstart (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_Binary_Host_Quickstart#Configure_Portage_to_use_binary_packages_by_default): ``` To automatically download and use a binary package when a suitable one is available on the servers, enable the getbinpkg Portage feature: FILE /etc/portage/make.conf FEATURES="getbinpkg" If no suitable binary package can be found, the package will be compiled from source as usual. This is equivalent to adding --getbinpkg to EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS in /etc/portage/make.conf or to the emerge command line. ```
Now that wiki makes sense, but when I created this BZ (which I completely forgot about) there was this in the article: There is a Portage feature that automatically implements the equivalent of --getbinpkg (-g) without the need for updating the EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS variable with the --getbinpkg value: FILE /etc/portage/make.confEnabling getbinpkg in the FEATURES variable: FEATURES="getbinpkg" So I guess this can be closed since it was fixed in December 2024: https://wiki.gentoo.org/index.php?title=Binary_package_guide&diff=1322698&oldid=1317386 Although it's still a bit unclear when not reading the wiki, just going through the manual pages. But I'm fine with that staying the way it is.
And to your second part (sorry, I replied only to the first one) it's not factually incorrect. It will cause the same behaviour (-g and FEATURES=getbinpkg), but the feature has more priority and cannot be disabled per invocation.
