app-admin/eselect: drop package

present in ::gentoo

Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.1
Signed-off-by: Aisha Tammy <gentoo@aisha.cc>

5 files changed, 0 insertions, 1755 deletions

diff --git a/app-admin/eselect/Manifest b/app-admin/eselect/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index fc35483d3..000000000
--- a/app-admin/eselect/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DIST eselect-1.4.13.tar.xz 177848 BLAKE2B 70e5a793759e16119f5233b2c974e0fcc8d213b2033e2b3b76e0a047797b1a0f2feb21ad3beda72f644b498725b4d8ff5c221dcd0870adf5197eaf81c6f3c895 SHA512 5ce10bd288268bc5b52031703f8ac8f3cf07bb22039339bb00c92583ed226162ea8865788f5c1ff4e058d38f0bf25e3557273fb1e839e0391c1fafb9f702bc11
diff --git a/app-admin/eselect/eselect-1.4.13-r101.ebuild b/app-admin/eselect/eselect-1.4.13-r101.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 602a3c8e8..000000000
--- a/app-admin/eselect/eselect-1.4.13-r101.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-inherit autotools eutils bash-completion-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Gentoo's multi-purpose configuration and management tool"
-HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Eselect"
-SRC_URI="https://dev.gentoo.org/~ulm/eselect/${P}.tar.xz"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+ || ( GPL-2+ CC-BY-SA-3.0 )"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="doc emacs vim-syntax"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	!app-eselect/eselect-blas
-	!app-eselect/eselect-lapack
-	|| (
-		sys-apps/coreutils
-		sys-freebsd/freebsd-bin
-		app-misc/realpath
-	)"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	app-arch/xz-utils
-	doc? ( dev-python/docutils )"
-RDEPEND="!app-admin/eselect-news
-	${RDEPEND}
-	sys-apps/file
-	sys-libs/ncurses"
-
-PDEPEND="emacs? ( app-emacs/eselect-mode )
-	vim-syntax? ( app-vim/eselect-syntax )"
-
-PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-alternatives.patch )
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	AT_M4DIR="." eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	default
-	use doc && emake html
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-	newbashcomp misc/${PN}.bashcomp ${PN}
-	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO doc/*.txt
-	use doc && dohtml *.html doc/*
-
-	# needed by news module
-	keepdir /var/lib/gentoo/news
-	if use prefix; then
-		sed -i \
-			"s:ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS=\"${EPREFIX}:ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS=\":" \
-			"${ED}"/usr/share/eselect/libs/alternatives-common.bash || die
-	else
-		fowners root:portage /var/lib/gentoo/news
-		fperms g+w /var/lib/gentoo/news
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	# fowners in src_install doesn't work for the portage group:
-	# merging changes the group back to root
-	if ! use prefix; then
-		chgrp portage "${EROOT}/var/lib/gentoo/news" \
-			&& chmod g+w "${EROOT}/var/lib/gentoo/news"
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/app-admin/eselect/eselect-9999.ebuild b/app-admin/eselect/eselect-9999.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cae96147..000000000
--- a/app-admin/eselect/eselect-9999.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-
-EAPI=6
-
-inherit autotools git-r3 bash-completion-r1
-
-DESCRIPTION="Gentoo's multi-purpose configuration and management tool"
-HOMEPAGE="https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Eselect"
-EGIT_REPO_URI="git://github.com/gentoo-science/eselect.git"
-EGIT_BRANCH="alternatives"
-
-LICENSE="GPL-2+ || ( GPL-2+ CC-BY-SA-3.0 )"
-SLOT="0"
-IUSE="doc emacs vim-syntax"
-
-RDEPEND="
-	!app-eselect/eselect-blas
-	!app-eselect/eselect-lapack
-	|| (
-		sys-apps/coreutils
-		sys-freebsd/freebsd-bin
-		app-misc/realpath
-	)"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	app-arch/xz-utils
-	doc? ( dev-python/docutils )"
-RDEPEND="!app-admin/eselect-news
-	${RDEPEND}
-	sys-apps/file
-	sys-libs/ncurses"
-
-PDEPEND="emacs? ( app-emacs/eselect-mode )
-	vim-syntax? ( app-vim/eselect-syntax )"
-
-src_prepare() {
-	default
-	AT_M4DIR="." eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_compile() {
-	default
-	use doc && emake html
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	default
-	newbashcomp misc/${PN}.bashcomp ${PN}
-	dodoc AUTHORS ChangeLog NEWS README TODO doc/*.txt
-	use doc && dohtml *.html doc/*
-
-	# needed by news module
-	keepdir /var/lib/gentoo/news
-	if use prefix; then
-		sed -i \
-			"s:ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS=\"${EPREFIX}:ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS=\":" \
-			"${ED}"/usr/share/eselect/libs/alternatives-common.bash || die
-	else
-		fowners root:portage /var/lib/gentoo/news
-		fperms g+w /var/lib/gentoo/news
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	# fowners in src_install doesn't work for the portage group:
-	# merging changes the group back to root
-	if ! use prefix; then
-		chgrp portage "${EROOT}/var/lib/gentoo/news" \
-			&& chmod g+w "${EROOT}/var/lib/gentoo/news"
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/app-admin/eselect/files/eselect-1.4.13-alternatives.patch b/app-admin/eselect/files/eselect-1.4.13-alternatives.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c47887fe6..000000000
--- a/app-admin/eselect/files/eselect-1.4.13-alternatives.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,1603 +0,0 @@
- bin/Makefile.am                  |   1 +
- bin/eselect.in                   | 150 +++++++++++-
- libs/Makefile.am                 |   7 +-
- libs/alternatives-common.bash.in | 510 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- libs/alternatives.bash.in        | 316 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
- modules/Makefile.am              |   1 +
- modules/alternatives.eselect     | 178 ++++++++++++++
- modules/modules.eselect          | 288 ++++++++++++++--------
- 8 files changed, 1343 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/bin/Makefile.am b/bin/Makefile.am
-index 20902c1..ad08867 100644
---- a/bin/Makefile.am
-+++ b/bin/Makefile.am
-@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = eselect.in
- dosed = @SED@ -e 's%\@BASH\@%$(BASH)%g' \
- 	      -e 's%\@DATADIR\@%$(datadir)%g' \
- 	      -e 's%\@EPREFIX\@%$(EPREFIX)%g' \
-+	      -e 's%\@LIBEXECDIR\@%$(datadir)%g' \
- 	      -e 's%\@VERSION\@%$(VERSION)$(EXTRAVERSION)%g'
- 
- % : %.in
-diff --git a/bin/eselect.in b/bin/eselect.in
-index 432f4e8..840eb94 100755
---- a/bin/eselect.in
-+++ b/bin/eselect.in
-@@ -22,10 +22,18 @@ ESELECT_DATA_PATH="@DATADIR@/eselect"
- # Where are modules installed by default?
- ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH="${ESELECT_DATA_PATH}/modules"
- 
-+# Where are auto-generated modules placed? (e.g. from alternatives-2.eclass)
-+ESELECT_AUTO_GENERATED_MODULES_PATH="${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}/auto"
-+
-+# Where the users store their modules
-+ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH="${ROOT}${HOME}/.eselect/modules"
-+
- # Look in these places for modules
--ESELECT_MODULES_PATH=( \
--	"${HOME}/.eselect/modules" \
--	"${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}" )
-+ESELECT_MODULES_PATH=(
-+	"${ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH}}"
-+	"${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	"${ESELECT_AUTO_GENERATED_MODULES_PATH}"
-+)
- 
- # Look in this place for libraries
- ESELECT_CORE_PATH="${ESELECT_DATA_PATH}/libs"
-@@ -66,12 +74,27 @@ fi
- # Load core functions
- source "${ESELECT_CORE_PATH}/core.bash" || exit 255
- # Load necessary functions for the main script
--inherit manip output path-manipulation tests
-+inherit manip output path-manipulation tests config
- 
- # Sneaky trick to make die in subshells work. If you don't get
- # it, don't ask...
- trap 'echo "exiting" >&2; exit 250' 15
- 
-+# es_find_module foo
-+# Find and echo the filename of the foo module. If there's no foo module,
-+# die.
-+es_find_module() {
-+    local modname="$1" modpath="" modfile=""
-+	[[ -z ${modname} ]] && die "Usage: ${FUNCNAME} <module>"
-+	for modpath in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
-+		[[ -f ${modpath}/${modname}.eselect ]] && break
-+	done
-+
-+	modfile="${modpath}/${modname}.eselect"
-+	[[ -r ${modfile} ]] || die -q "Can't load module ${modname}"
-+	echo ${modfile}
-+}
-+
- # es_do_usage
- # Display eselect usage
- es_do_usage() {
-@@ -83,14 +106,10 @@ es_do_usage() {
- es_do_help() {
- 	es_do_usage
- 	echo
--	# display all recognized global options
--	write_list_start "Global options:"
--	write_kv_list_entry "--brief" "Make output shorter"
--	write_kv_list_entry "--colour=<yes|no|auto>" \
--		"Enable or disable colour output (default 'auto')"
-+	es_do_list-options
- 	echo
- 	# display all available eselect modules
--	do_action modules list
-+	es_do_list-modules
- }
- 
- # es_do_version
-@@ -102,6 +121,114 @@ es_do_version() {
- 	echo "Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later."
- }
- 
-+# es_do_list-options
-+# Display all recognized global options
-+es_do_list-options() {
-+	write_list_start "Global options:"
-+	write_kv_list_entry "--brief"                   "Make output shorter"
-+	write_kv_list_entry "--colour=<yes|no|auto>"    "Enable or disable colour output (default 'auto')"
-+	write_kv_list_entry "--debug"                   "Debug eselect (enable set -x)"
-+}
-+
-+# es_do_list-modules
-+# Display all available eselect modules DEPRECATED
-+es_do_list-modules() {
-+	do_action modules list $@
-+}
-+
-+### print-* actions, for use with bash_completion and zsh-completion ###
-+
-+# es_do_print-modules
-+#
-+# Display all availble eselect modules in a way that's useful to bash
-+# completion / zsh completion
-+es_do_print-modules() {
-+	local ret=1 path module group groupname want_descriptions
-+
-+	while [[ -n $@ ]]; do
-+		case "${1}" in
-+			--descriptions)
-+				want_descriptions='yes' ;;
-+			--group)
-+				groupname=${2}
-+				[[ -z "$groupname" ]] && die -q "Required option (group name) missing."
-+				shift ;;
-+		esac
-+		shift
-+	done
-+
-+	if [[ ${groupname} == Built-in || -z ${groupname} ]]; then
-+		for module in help usage version print-{modules,actions,options}; do
-+			echo "${module}"
-+		done
-+		[[ ${groupname} == Built-in ]] && return 0
-+	fi
-+
-+	# TODO: factor this out in modules.eselect's do_list()
-+	for path in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
-+		[[ -d "${path}" ]] || continue
-+		for file in "${path}"/*.eselect ; do
-+			[[ -f "${file}" ]] || continue
-+			if [[ -n "${groupname}" ]]; then
-+				group=$(load_config "${file}" ESELECT_MODULE_GROUP)
-+				[[ "${groupname}" == "${group}" ||
-+					( "${groupname}" == Extra && -z "${group}" ) ]] || continue
-+			fi
-+			module="${file##*/}"
-+			module="${module%%.eselect}"
-+			echo "${module}${want_descriptions:+:$(load_config "${file}" DESCRIPTION)}"
-+			ret=0
-+		done
-+	done
-+	return $ret
-+}
-+
-+# es_do_print-actions
-+#
-+# Display all available actions for the given module.
-+es_do_print-actions() {
-+	local modfile="$(es_find_module "${1}")" actions action want_descriptions
-+	[[ "${2}" == "--descriptions" ]] && want_descriptions='yes'
-+	(
-+		source "${modfile}" 2>/dev/null \
-+			|| die "Couldn't source ${modfile}"
-+		actions=( $(declare -F \
-+			| sed -n -e 's/^declare\s\+-f\s\+do_//p' \
-+			| egrep -v '^(action|help|usage|version)$' \
-+			| sort ) )
-+		for action in "${actions[@]}" ; do
-+			echo "${action}${want_descriptions:+:$(describe_${action})}"
-+		done
-+	)
-+}
-+
-+# es_do_print-options
-+#
-+# Display all available options for the given module and action
-+es_do_print-options() {
-+	local modfile action want_descriptions
-+
-+	[[ "${1}" == "--descriptions" ]] && want_descriptions='yes' && shift
-+
-+	if [[ -z ${1} ]]; then
-+		echo "--debug${want_descriptions:+:Debug eselect (enable set -x)}"
-+		echo "--no-color${want_descriptions:+:Disable coloured output}"
-+		echo "--no-colour${want_descriptions:+:Disable coloured output}"
-+	elif [[ -n ${2} ]]; then
-+		modfile="$(es_find_module "${1}")"
-+		action=${2}
-+		shift 2
-+		(
-+			source "${modfile}" 2>/dev/null \
-+				|| die "Couldn't source ${modfile}"
-+			is_function options_${action} || return 1
-+			options_${action} ${want_descriptions:+--descriptions} "$@" || return 2
-+		)
-+	else
-+		die "Usage: ${FUNCNAME} [--descriptions] [<module> <action>]"
-+	fi
-+}
-+
- ### main code ###
- 
- # figure out what the action is. we need to know whether we're
-@@ -143,6 +270,9 @@ while [[ ${1##--} != "$1" ]]; do
- 				*) die -q "Invalid argument for ${1%%=*} option" ;;
- 			esac
- 			;;
-+		debug)
-+			set -x
-+			;;
- 		help|version)
- 			[[ -z ${action} ]] || die -q "Too many parameters"
- 			action=${1##--}
-diff --git a/libs/Makefile.am b/libs/Makefile.am
-index 6ebd08e..c19f173 100644
---- a/libs/Makefile.am
-+++ b/libs/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
- eselectlibsdir = $(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/libs/
- 
- eselectlibs_DATA = \
-+	alternatives.bash \
-+	alternatives-common.bash \
- 	config.bash \
- 	core.bash \
- 	default.eselect \
-@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ eselectlibs_DATA = \
- 	tests.bash
- 
- EXTRA_DIST = \
-+	alternatives.bash.in \
-+	alternatives-common.bash.in \
- 	config.bash.in \
- 	core.bash.in \
- 	default.eselect.in \
-@@ -31,7 +35,8 @@ dosed = @SED@ \
- 	-e 's%\@PORTAGEQ\@%@PORTAGEQ@%g' \
- 	-e 's%\@ENV_UPDATE\@%@ENV_UPDATE@%g' \
- 	-e 's%\@CANONICALISE\@%@CANONICALISE@%g' \
--	-e 's%\@libdir\@%@libdir@%g'
-+	-e 's%\@libdir\@%@libdir@%g' \
-+	-e 's%\@sysconfdir\@%@sysconfdir@%g'
- 
- %.bash : %.bash.in
- 	@$(dosed) $< > $@
-diff --git a/libs/alternatives-common.bash.in b/libs/alternatives-common.bash.in
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..8753b89
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/libs/alternatives-common.bash.in
-@@ -0,0 +1,510 @@
-+# Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Gentoo Foundation
-+# Copyright (c) 2008 Mike Kelly
-+# Copyright (c) 2009-2013 David Leverton
-+# Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bo Ørsted Andresen
-+#
-+# This file is part of the 'eselect' tools framework.
-+#
-+# eselect is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-+# Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-+# version.
-+#
-+# eselect is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
-+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
-+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-+#
-+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-+# eselect.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-+
-+inherit config output path-manipulation tests
-+
-+: "${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS:=@sysconfdir@/env.d/alternatives}"
-+: "${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOT:=${ROOT%/}}"
-+ALTERNATIVESDIR="${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOT}${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS}"
-+
-+get_current_provider() {
-+	local dieprefix="Could not determine current provider for ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+	if [[ -L ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current ]]; then
-+		local provider=$(readlink "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current" || die "${dieprefix}: readlink ${symlink} failed")
-+		[[ ${provider} == */* ]] && die "${dieprefix}: malformed target for ${symlink}"
-+
-+		if [[ -L ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider} ||
-+					( -e ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider} && ! -d ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider} ) ]]; then
-+			die "${dieprefix}: ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider} is not a directory"
-+		fi
-+
-+		echo "${provider}"
-+
-+	elif [[ -e ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current ]]; then
-+		die "${dieprefix}: ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current is not a symlink"
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+compare_importance() {
-+	local IFS=.
-+	local a=( ${1} ) b=( ${2} )
-+	local -i i=0
-+	while (( i<${#a[@]} && i<${#b[@]} )); do
-+		if (( a[i]<b[i] )); then
-+			return 0
-+		elif (( a[i]>b[i] )); then
-+			return 1
-+		fi
-+		i+=1
-+	done
-+	(( i<${#b[@]} ))
-+}
-+
-+sort_providers() {
-+	local begin=${1:-0}
-+	local count=${2:-${#providers[@]}}
-+	[[ ${count} -le 1 ]] && return 0
-+	sort_providers ${begin} $((count/2))
-+	sort_providers $((begin+count/2)) $((count-count/2))
-+	local left=( "${providers[@]:begin:count/2}" )
-+	local right=( "${providers[@]:begin+count/2:count-count/2}" )
-+	local -i x i=0 j=0
-+	for (( x=begin; x<begin+count; ++x )); do
-+		if (( j>=${#right[@]} )) || { (( i<${#left[@]} )) && compare_importance "${left[i]%%:*}" "${right[j]%%:*}"; }; then
-+			providers[x]=${left[i++]}
-+		else
-+			providers[x]=${right[j++]}
-+		fi
-+	done
-+}
-+
-+get_providers() {
-+	local p= importance providers=()
-+	for p in "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}"/* ; do
-+		[[ -d ${p} && ! -L ${p} ]] || continue
-+		p=${p##*/}
-+
-+		[[ -e "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${p}/_importance" ]] && \
-+			importance=$(< "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${p}/_importance")
-+		importance=${importance:-0}
-+		[[ "${importance}" =~ ^[0123456789]+(\.[0123456789]+)*$ ]] || die "_importance (${importance}) for ${p} is not a dot-separated list of integers"
-+
-+		providers+=( "${importance}:${p}" )
-+	done
-+
-+	sort_providers
-+	for (( p=${#providers[@]}-1 ; p>=0 ; --p )); do
-+		echo "${providers[p]#*:}"
-+	done
-+}
-+
-+has_provider() {
-+	local provider=${1} item providers=( $(get_providers) )
-+	for item in  ${providers[@]}; do
-+		[[ ${item} == ${provider} ]] && return 0
-+	done
-+	return 1
-+}
-+
-+_options_parameters() {
-+	[[ -n ${2} && ${2} != --descriptions ]] && die -q "Unrecognised option ${2}"
-+	local describe_func=describe_${1#options_}_options descriptions=${2} opt options oldifs=$IFS
-+	if is_function ${describe_func}; then
-+		IFS=$'\n'
-+		options=( $(${describe_func}) )
-+		IFS=$oldifs
-+		for opt in "${options[@]}"; do
-+			[[ ${opt} == --* ]] || continue
-+			if [[ -n ${descriptions} ]]; then
-+				echo "${opt/ : /:}"
-+			else
-+				echo "${opt%% : *}"
-+			fi
-+		done
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+### set action stub ###
-+
-+# not available in "eselect alternatives", but needed by do_update
-+
-+alternatives_do_set() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+
-+	local force provider providers
-+	if [[ ${1} == --force ]]; then
-+		force=yes
-+		shift
-+	fi
-+	local idx=${1}
-+	if [[ ${1} == +(-|+|[[:digit:]]) ]]; then
-+		idx=${1#+(-|+)}
-+		providers=( $(get_providers) )
-+		(( ${idx} <= ${#providers[@]} )) || die -q "The given provider with index (${idx}) does not exist"
-+		provider=${providers[${idx}-1]}
-+	else
-+		provider="${1}"
-+	fi
-+	[[ -z "${provider}" ]] && die -q "Missing required parameter 'provider'"
-+	local dieprefix="Could not set provider ${provider} for alternative ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+
-+	if [[ ! -d ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider} ]] ; then
-+		if is_number ${provider} ; then
-+			providers=( $(get_providers) )
-+			[[ -n ${providers[${idx}-1]} ]] && \
-+				die -q "The given provider (${provider}) does not exist"
-+		fi
-+		die -q "The given provider (${provider}) does not exist"
-+	fi
-+
-+	local symlink newsymlinks=() oldsymlinks=()
-+
-+	while read -r -d '' symlink; do
-+		local nicesymlink=${symlink#.}
-+		nicesymlink=${nicesymlink//+(\/)/\/}
-+		[[ ${nicesymlink} == /* ]] || die "${dieprefix}: bad symlink ${symlink}?"
-+		[[ ${nicesymlink} == */ ]] && die "${dieprefix}: bad symlink ${symlink}?"
-+
-+		newsymlinks+=( "${nicesymlink}" )
-+	done < <(
-+		cd "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}" || die "${dieprefix}: cd failed"
-+		find . -type l -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -r -u -z)
-+	[[ ${#newsymlinks[@]} -gt 0 ]] || die "${dieprefix}: does not provide any symlinks?"
-+
-+	if [[ -f ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list ]]; then
-+		while read -r -d '' symlink; do
-+			local nicesymlink=${symlink//+(\/)/\/}
-+			[[ ${nicesymlink} == /* ]] || die "${dieprefix}: old provider ${oldcur} provides bad symlink ${symlink}?"
-+			[[ ${nicesymlink} == */ ]] && die "${dieprefix}: old provider ${oldcur} provides bad symlink ${symlink}?"
-+
-+			oldsymlinks+=( "${nicesymlink}" )
-+		done < <(LC_ALL=C sort -r -u -z "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list")
-+		[[ ${#oldsymlinks[@]} -gt 0 ]] || die "${dieprefix}: old provider ${oldcur} does not provide any symlinks?"
-+
-+	elif [[ -L ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list || -e ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list ]]; then
-+		die "${dieprefix}: ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list is not a file"
-+	fi
-+
-+	local pass errors=
-+	for pass in check perform; do
-+		local -i new_i=0 old_i=0
-+		while [[ -n ${newsymlinks[new_i]} || -n ${oldsymlinks[old_i]} ]]; do
-+
-+			if ( LC_ALL=C; [[ ${newsymlinks[new_i]} < ${oldsymlinks[old_i]} ]] ); then
-+				if [[ ${pass} == check ]]; then
-+					if [[ -L ${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]} ]]; then
-+						:
-+					elif [[ -d ${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]} ]]; then
-+						write_error_msg "Can't remove ${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]}: is a directory${force:+ which is a fatal error that cannot be ignored by --force}"
-+						errors=yes
-+					elif [[ -e ${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]} ]]; then
-+						if [[ -n ${force} ]]; then
-+							write_warning_msg "Removing ${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]} due to --force: is not a symlink"
-+						else
-+							write_error_msg "Refusing to remove ${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]}: is not a symlink (use --force to override)"
-+							errors=yes
-+						fi
-+					fi
-+
-+				elif [[ ${pass} == perform ]]; then
-+					rm -f "${EROOT%/}${oldsymlinks[old_i]}" || die "${dieprefix}: rm failed"
-+				else
-+					die "${dieprefix}: unknown \${pass} ${pass}???"
-+				fi
-+
-+				old_i+=1
-+
-+			else
-+				local target=${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS#${EPREFIX}/}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current${newsymlinks[new_i]} dir=${newsymlinks[new_i]%/*}
-+				while [[ -n ${dir} ]]; do
-+					target=../${target}
-+					dir=${dir%/*}
-+				done
-+
-+				if [[ ${pass} == check ]]; then
-+					if [[ -L ${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]} ]]; then
-+						:
-+					elif [[ -d ${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]} ]]; then
-+						write_error_msg "Can't overwrite ${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]}: is a directory${force:+ which is a fatal error that cannot be ignored by --force}"
-+						errors=yes
-+					elif [[ -e ${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]} ]]; then
-+						if [[ -n ${force} ]]; then
-+							write_warning_msg "Overwriting ${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]} due to --force: is not a symlink"
-+						else
-+							write_error_msg "Refusing to overwrite ${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]}: is not a symlink (use --force to override)"
-+							errors=yes
-+						fi
-+					fi
-+
-+				elif [[ ${pass} == perform ]]; then
-+					mkdir -p "${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]%/*}" || die "${dieprefix}: mkdir -p failed"
-+					ln -snf "${target#/}" "${EROOT%/}${newsymlinks[new_i]}" || die "${dieprefix}: ln -snf failed"
-+				else
-+					die "${dieprefix}: unknown \${pass} ${pass}???"
-+				fi
-+
-+				[[ ${newsymlinks[new_i]} == ${oldsymlinks[old_i]} ]] && old_i+=1
-+				new_i+=1
-+			fi
-+		done
-+
-+		[[ -n ${errors} ]] && die "${dieprefix}: see previous errors"
-+	done
-+
-+	local oldcur="$(get_current_provider)"
-+	ln -snf "${provider}" "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current" || die "${dieprefix}: ln -snf failed"
-+
-+	: >"${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list" || die "${dieprefix}: emptying/creating _current_list failed"
-+	for symlink in "${newsymlinks[@]}"; do
-+		echo -n -e "${symlink}\\0" >>"${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list" || die "${dieprefix}: appending ${symlink} to _current_list failed"
-+	done
-+	return 0
-+}
-+
-+### add action ###
-+alternatives_describe_add() {
-+	echo "Add provider to selected alternative"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_describe_add_parameters() {
-+	echo "<provider> <importance> <source> <target> [<source> <target> [...]]"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_describe_add_options() {
-+	echo "<provider> : the name of the alternative provider"
-+	echo "<importance> : interger value, representing the importance of the provider"
-+	echo "<source> : source of the symlink"
-+	echo "<target> : destination for the symlink"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_do_add() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+
-+	(( $# >= 4 )) && (( ($#-2)%2 == 0)) || \
-+		die "exactly 3+N*2 arguments where N>=1 required"
-+	local provider=${1}
-+	local importance=${2}
-+	shift 2
-+	local index src target ret=0
-+	local provider_dir="${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}"
-+
-+	# Creating base dir
-+	if [[ ! -e "${provider_dir}" ]]; then
-+		mkdir -p "${provider_dir}" || die "Failed to create ${provider_dir}"
-+	elif [[ ! -d "${provider_dir}" ]]; then
-+		die "${provider_dir} exists but is a file"
-+	else
-+		die "${provider_dir} already present. You need to remove it before adding it again"
-+	fi
-+
-+	# Make sure importance is a signed integer
-+	if [[ -n ${importance} ]] && ! [[ ${importance} =~ ^[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$ ]]; then
-+		die "Invalid importance (${importance}) detected"
-+	else
-+		# Setting importance
-+		echo ${importance} > "${provider_dir}/_importance"
-+	fi
-+
-+	# Process source-target pairs
-+	while (( $# >= 2 )); do
-+		src=${1//+(\/)/\/}; target=${2//+(\/)/\/}
-+		if [[ ${src} != /* ]]; then
-+			die "Source path must be absolute, but got ${src}"
-+		else
-+			local reltarget= dir=${provider_dir#${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOT}${EPREFIX}}${src%/*}
-+			while [[ -n ${dir} ]]; do
-+				reltarget+=../
-+				dir=${dir%/*}
-+			done
-+
-+			reltarget=${reltarget%/}
-+			[[ ${target} == /* ]] || reltarget+=${src%/*}/
-+			reltarget+=${target}
-+			mkdir -p "${provider_dir}${src%/*}" || die "Failed to create ${provider_dir}${src%/*}"
-+			ln -sf "${reltarget}" "${provider_dir}${src}" || die "Failed to create symlink"
-+			# The -e test will fail if existing symlink points to non-existing target,
-+			# so check for -L also.
-+			# Say ${ED}/sbin/init exists and links to /bin/systemd (which doesn't exist yet).
-+#			if [[ -e ${ED}${src} || -L ${ED}${src} ]]; then
-+#				local fulltarget=${target}
-+#				[[ ${fulltarget} != /* ]] && fulltarget=${src%/*}/${fulltarget}
-+#				if [[ -e ${ED}${fulltarget} || -L ${ED}${fulltarget} ]]; then
-+#					die "${src} defined as provider for ${fulltarget}, but both already exist in \${ED}"
-+#				else
-+#					mv "${ED}${src}" "${ED}${fulltarget}" || die
-+#				fi
-+#			fi
-+		fi
-+		shift 2
-+	done
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_options_add() {
-+	_options_parameters ${FUNCNAME#alternatives_} "$@"
-+}
-+
-+### remove action ###
-+
-+alternatives_describe_remove() {
-+	echo "Remove a provider for selected alternative"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_describe_remove_parameters() {
-+	echo "<provider>"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_describe_remove_options() {
-+	echo "<provider> : the name of the alternative provider to be removed"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_do_remove() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+
-+	if [[ -d "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}" ]]; then
-+		rm -r "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}" || \
-+			die "Failed to remove '${provider}' for '${ALTERNATIVE}'"
-+	else
-+		einfo "'${provider}' is not a provider for '${ALTERNATIVE}'"
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_options_remove() {
-+	_options_parameters ${FUNCNAME#alternatives_} "$@"
-+}
-+
-+### update action ###
-+
-+# available in both "eselect alternatives" and individual modules
-+
-+alternatives_describe_update() {
-+	echo "Set a default provider if no valid one currently exists"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_describe_update_parameters() {
-+	echo "[--best] [--ignore] <provider>"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_describe_update_options() {
-+	echo "--best : update to the best provider even if one is already selected"
-+	echo "--ignore : update to any valid provider EXCEPT the specified provider"
-+	echo "<provider> : the name of the provider to use"
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_do_update() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+
-+	local p cur=$(get_current_provider) providers=( $(get_providers) ) best ignore
-+	if [[ "--best" == ${1} ]] ; then
-+		shift
-+		best=1
-+	fi
-+	if [[ "--ignore" == ${1} ]] ; then
-+		# Try everything except setting the provider to the given
-+		# one. So, if it isn't the given one, we end up doing
-+		# nothing. Bug #128
-+		shift
-+		ignore=${1}
-+	fi
-+	[[ -n ${best} && -n ${1} && -z ${ignore} ]] && die -q "Cannot specify both --best and a provider"
-+
-+	if [[ -n ${best} ]] ; then
-+		# set best provider
-+		: # fall through to "switch to first available" loop below
-+	elif [[ $# == "0" ]] && [[ -z ${cur} ]]; then
-+		# if nothing is specified
-+		: # fall through to "switch to first available" loop below
-+	elif [[ ${cur} == ${1} && -z ${ignore} ]]; then
-+		# if current provider was just updated, reselect it since it could have changed
-+		alternatives_do_set "${cur}" && return 0
-+	elif [[ -n ${cur} && ${cur} != ${ignore} ]] ; then
-+		# verify existing provider's symlinks
-+		local p= bad=0
-+		while read -r -d '' p ; do
-+			[[ -L "${EROOT%/}${p}" && -e "${EROOT%/}${p}" ]] || (( bad++ ))
-+		done < "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list"
-+
-+		[[ "${bad}" -eq 0 ]] && return 0
-+		# fix existing provider if possible
-+		has "${cur}" "${providers[@]}" && alternatives_do_set "${cur}" && return 0
-+	elif has "${1}" "${providers[@]}" && [[ -z ${ignore} ]] ; then
-+		# switch to new provider if none was set before or it can't be fixed
-+		alternatives_do_set "${1}" && return 0
-+	fi
-+
-+	# if no valid provider has been selected switch to first available, valid
-+	# provider, sorted according to importance
-+	for p in "${providers[@]}"; do
-+		[[ ${ignore} != ${p} ]] && alternatives_do_set "${p}" && return 0
-+	done
-+
-+	# if a provider is set but no providers are available anymore cleanup
-+	cur=$(get_current_provider)
-+	if [[ -n ${cur} ]]; then
-+		alternatives_do_unset "${cur}" && return 2
-+	fi
-+	# if no provider is set and none are available that are not ignored, return 2 for cleanup
-+	[[ -z ${providers[@]} || ${providers[@]} == ${ignore} ]] && return 2
-+
-+	# we tried everything to select a valid provider, but failed
-+	return 1
-+}
-+
-+alternatives_options_update() {
-+	_options_parameters ${FUNCNAME#alternatives_} "$@"
-+	if [[ -n ${ALTERNATIVE} ]]; then
-+		get_providers
-+	else
-+		for alt in ${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS}/_*/*/_importance; do
-+			echo ${alt} | cut -d/ -f5
-+		done | sort -u
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+### unset action stub ###
-+
-+# not available in "eselect alternatives", but needed by do_update
-+
-+alternatives_do_unset() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+
-+	local force=
-+	if [[ ${1} == --force ]]; then
-+		force=yes
-+		shift
-+	fi
-+
-+	local cur="$(get_current_provider)" p=
-+	[[ -n "${cur}" ]] || die -q "Nothing to unset"
-+	local dieprefix="Could not unset provider for ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+
-+	local one=false symlink pass errors=
-+	for pass in check perform; do
-+		while read -r -d '' symlink; do
-+			one=true
-+			if [[ ${pass} == check ]]; then
-+				if [[ -L ${EROOT%/}${symlink} ]]; then
-+					:
-+				elif [[ -d ${EROOT%/}${symlink} ]]; then
-+					write_error_msg "Can't remove ${EROOT%/}${symlink}: is a directory${force:+ which is a fatal error that cannot be ignored by --force}"
-+					errors=yes
-+				elif [[ -e ${EROOT%/}${symlink} ]]; then
-+					if [[ -n ${force} ]]; then
-+						write_warning_msg "Removing ${EROOT%/}${symlink} due to --force: is not a symlink"
-+					else
-+						write_error_msg "Refusing to remove ${EROOT%/}${symlink}: is not a symlink (use --force to override)"
-+						errors=yes
-+					fi
-+				fi
-+
-+			elif [[ ${pass} == perform ]]; then
-+				rm -f "${EROOT%/}${symlink}" || die "${dieprefix}: rm failed"
-+			else
-+				die "${dieprefix}: unknown \${pass} ${pass}???"
-+			fi
-+		done <"${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list"
-+
-+		[[ -n ${errors} ]] && die "${dieprefix}: see previous errors"
-+	done
-+
-+	${one} || die "${dieprefix}: does not provide any symlinks?"
-+
-+	rm "${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}"/{_current,_current_list} || die "${dieprefix}: rm failed"
-+}
-+
-+# vim: set ft=eselect sw=4 sts=4 ts=4 et tw=80 :
-diff --git a/libs/alternatives.bash.in b/libs/alternatives.bash.in
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..cf4fa36
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/libs/alternatives.bash.in
-@@ -0,0 +1,316 @@
-+# Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Gentoo Foundation
-+# Copyright (c) 2008 Mike Kelly
-+# Copyright (c) 2009-2013 David Leverton
-+# Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bo Ørsted Andresen
-+#
-+# This file is part of the 'eselect' tools framework.
-+#
-+# eselect is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-+# Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-+# version.
-+#
-+# eselect is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
-+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
-+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-+#
-+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-+# eselect.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-+
-+inherit alternatives-common
-+
-+### show action ###
-+describe_show() {
-+	echo "Show the current provider in use for ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+}
-+
-+do_show() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+	local current="$(get_current_provider)"
-+	if [[ -z "${current}" ]] ; then
-+		echo "(none)"
-+		return 2
-+	fi
-+	echo "${current}"
-+}
-+
-+options_show() {
-+	:
-+}
-+
-+### list action ###
-+describe_list() {
-+	echo "Lists all available providers for ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+}
-+
-+do_list() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+	local n cur= providers=( $(get_providers) )
-+	write_list_start "Available providers for ${ALTERNATIVE}:"
-+
-+	cur="$(get_current_provider)"
-+
-+	if [[ -n "${providers[@]}" ]] ; then
-+		for (( n = 0 ; n < ${#providers[@]} ; ++n )) ; do
-+			[[ ${cur} ==  "${providers[${n}]}" ]] && \
-+				providers[${n}]="${providers[${n}]} $(highlight '*')"
-+		done
-+		write_numbered_list "${providers[@]}"
-+	else
-+		write_kv_list_entry "(none found)" ""
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+options_list() {
-+	:
-+}
-+
-+### files action ###
-+describe_files() {
-+	echo "Lists symlinks provided by the currently selected provider"
-+}
-+
-+do_files() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+
-+	local cur="$(get_current_provider)" p=
-+	[[ -n "${cur}" ]] || die -q "No selected provider, hence no symlinks provided"
-+	local dieprefix="Could not list symlinks provided for ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+
-+	local errors symlink rootsymlink
-+	while read -r -d '' symlink; do
-+		rootsymlink="${EROOT%/}${symlink}"
-+		rootsymlink=${rootsymlink//+(\/)/\/}
-+		echo "${rootsymlink}"
-+		if [[ -L ${rootsymlink} ]]; then
-+			if [[ ! -e ${rootsymlink} ]]; then
-+				write_error_msg "${rootsymlink} is dangling symlink"
-+				errors=yes
-+			fi
-+		elif [[ -d ${rootsymlink} ]]; then
-+			write_error_msg "${rootsymlink} is a directory"
-+			errors=yes
-+		elif [[ -e ${rootsymlink} ]]; then
-+			write_error_msg "${rootsymlink} exists but is not a symlink"
-+			errors=yes
-+		else
-+			write_error_msg "${rootsymlink} does not exist"
-+			errors=yes
-+		fi
-+	done <"${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/_current_list"
-+}
-+
-+options_files() {
-+	:
-+}
-+
-+### set action ###
-+
-+describe_set() {
-+	echo "Sets a provider for ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+}
-+
-+describe_set_parameters() {
-+	echo "[ --force ] <provider>"
-+}
-+
-+describe_set_options() {
-+	echo "--force : overwrite or remove existing non-symlink files (but not directories) if necessary"
-+	echo "<provider> : the name of the provider to use or the index of the provider preceeded by a dash"
-+}
-+
-+do_set() {
-+	# implementation defined in alternatives-common.bash as needed by do_update
-+	alternatives_do_set "$@"
-+}
-+
-+options_set() {
-+	_options_parameters $FUNCNAME "$@"
-+	get_providers
-+}
-+
-+### add action ###
-+
-+describe_add() {
-+	alternatives_describe_add
-+}
-+
-+describe_add_parameters() {
-+	alternatives_describe_add_parameters
-+}
-+
-+describe_add_options() {
-+	alternatives_describe_add_options
-+}
-+
-+do_add() {
-+	alternatives_do_add
-+
-+	# make sure we have something selected
-+	eselect ${provider} show > /dev/null || eselect ${provider} update --best
-+}
-+
-+### remove action ###
-+
-+describe_remove() {
-+	alternatives_describe_remove
-+}
-+
-+describe_remove_parameters() {
-+	alternatives_describe_remove_parameters
-+}
-+
-+describe_remove_options() {
-+	alternatives_describe_remove_options
-+}
-+
-+do_remove() {
-+	local ret
-+	alternatives_do_remove
-+
-+#	if no provider is present, remove whole alternative
-+	eselect ${provider} update --best > /dev/null; ret=$?
-+	case ret in
-+		0)
-+			# All good
-+			:;;
-+		2)
-+			# No provider present anymore
-+			eselect alternatives remove ${ALTERNATIVE};;
-+		*)
-+			write_error_msg "Failed to remove ${ALTERNATIVE}"
-+			errors=yes
-+	esac
-+}
-+
-+### update action ###
-+
-+# all functions implemented in alternatives-common.bash as defined for
-+# both "eselect alternatives" and individual modules
-+
-+describe_update() {
-+	alternatives_describe_update
-+}
-+
-+describe_update_parameters() {
-+	alternatives_describe_update_parameters
-+}
-+
-+describe_update_options() {
-+	alternatives_describe_update_options
-+}
-+
-+do_update() {
-+	alternatives_do_update "$@"
-+}
-+
-+options_update() {
-+	alternatives_options_update
-+}
-+
-+### unset action ###
-+
-+describe_unset() {
-+	echo "Unset any symlinks created for the current provider for ${ALTERNATIVE}."
-+}
-+
-+describe_unset_parameters() {
-+	echo "[ --force ]"
-+}
-+
-+describe_unset_options() {
-+	echo "--force : remove existing non-symlink files (but not directories) if necessary"
-+}
-+
-+do_unset() {
-+	# implementation defined in alternatives-common.bash as needed by do_update
-+	alternatives_do_unset "$@"
-+}
-+
-+options_unset() {
-+	_options_parameters $FUNCNAME "$@"
-+	get_current_provider
-+}
-+
-+### script action ###
-+
-+describe_script() {
-+	echo "Output an evalable script fragment to set PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH and MANPATH to use the specified provider"
-+}
-+
-+describe_script_parameters() {
-+	echo "[--sh | --csh] [<provider>]"
-+}
-+
-+describe_script_options() {
-+	echo "--sh : use Bourne shell syntax (default)"
-+	echo "--csh : use C shell syntax"
-+	echo "<provider> : the provider to use or the index of the provider (if not specified, use the system default)"
-+}
-+
-+do_script() {
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die "Need to set ALTERNATIVE in the eselect module"
-+	local syntax=sh provider providers
-+	if [[ ${1} == --sh ]]; then
-+		shift
-+	elif [[ ${1} == --csh ]]; then
-+		syntax=csh
-+		shift
-+	fi
-+
-+	local idx=${!}
-+	if [[ ${idx} == +(-|+|[[:digit:]]) ]]; then
-+		idx=${1#+(-|+)}
-+		providers=( $(get_providers) )
-+		(( ${idx} <= ${#providers[@]} )) || die -q "The given provider with index (${idx}) does not exist"
-+		provider=${providers[${idx}-1]}
-+	else
-+		provider="${idx}"
-+	fi
-+	[[ -z "${provider}" ]] && die -q "Missing required parameter 'provider'"
-+
-+	if [[ ! -d ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider} ]] ; then
-+		if is_number ${provider} ; then
-+			providers=( $(get_providers) )
-+			[[ -n ${providers[${idx}-1]} ]] && \
-+				die -q "The given provider (${provider}) does not exist"
-+		fi
-+		die -q "The given provider (${provider}) does not exist"
-+	fi
-+
-+	local variables=( PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH MANPATH )
-+	[[ -n ${!default_*} ]] && local ${!default_*}
-+	local default_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(grep '^[^#]' "${EROOT%/}"/etc/ld.so.conf | tr '\n' ':')/lib:/usr/lib
-+	local default_MANPATH=$(MANPATH= man -C"${EROOT%/}"/etc/man.conf -w)
-+
-+	local var IFS=:
-+	for var in "${variables[@]}"; do
-+		local defvar=default_${var} path paths=( )
-+		for path in ${!var}; do
-+			[[ ${path} == ${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS}/${ALTERNATIVE}/* ]] && continue
-+			[[ -n ${provider} && -d ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}/${path#/} ]] && paths+=( "${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}/${path#/}" )
-+			paths+=( "${path}" )
-+		done
-+
-+		[[ -n ${provider} ]] && for path in ${!defvar}; do
-+			[[ -d ${ALTERNATIVESDIR}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}/${path#/} ]] && paths+=( "${ALTERNATIVESDIR_ROOTLESS}/${ALTERNATIVE}/${provider}/${path#/}" )
-+		done
-+
-+		local newval=${paths[*]}
-+		if [[ ${newval} != ${!var} ]]; then
-+			newval=${newval//\'/\'\\\'\'}
-+			if [[ ${syntax} == sh ]]; then
-+				echo "${var}='${newval}'; export ${var}"
-+			else
-+				echo "setenv ${var} '${newval}'"
-+			fi
-+		fi
-+	done
-+}
-+
-+options_script() {
-+	_options_parameters $FUNCNAME "$@"
-+	get_providers
-+}
-+
-+# vim: set ft=eselect sw=4 sts=4 ts=4 et tw=80 :
-diff --git a/modules/Makefile.am b/modules/Makefile.am
-index 75ebe02..92127b6 100644
---- a/modules/Makefile.am
-+++ b/modules/Makefile.am
-@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
- modulesdir=$(datadir)/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/modules/
- 
- modules_DATA = \
-+	alternatives.eselect \
- 	editor.eselect \
- 	env.eselect \
- 	kernel.eselect \
-diff --git a/modules/alternatives.eselect b/modules/alternatives.eselect
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..840b9c5
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/modules/alternatives.eselect
-@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
-+# Copyright (c) 2005-2015 Gentoo Foundation
-+# Copyright (c) 2008 Mike Kelly
-+# Copyright (c) 2009-2013 David Leverton
-+# Copyright (c) 2009-2014 Bo Ørsted Andresen
-+#
-+# This file is part of the 'eselect' tools framework.
-+#
-+# eselect is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-+# Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-+# version.
-+#
-+# eselect is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
-+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
-+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
-+#
-+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-+# eselect.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-+
-+inherit alternatives-common
-+
-+DESCRIPTION="Maintain Alternatives symlinks"
-+VERSION="20150521"
-+MAINTAINER="sci@gentoo.org"
-+
-+show_extra_help_text() {
-+	cat <<- ENDOFTEXT
-+	This module is intended for internal use when a package is installed,
-+	updated or removed. For alternatives for which it is likely that
-+	users will need control over which provider is selected, there will be
-+	a separate eselect module installed to do so.
-+	ENDOFTEXT
-+}
-+
-+# all functions implemented in alternatives-common.bash as defined for
-+# both "eselect alternatives" and individual modules
-+
-+### update action ###
-+
-+describe_update() {
-+	alternatives_describe_update
-+}
-+
-+describe_update_parameters() {
-+	echo "<alternative> $(alternatives_describe_update_parameters)"
-+}
-+
-+describe_update_options() {
-+	echo "<alternative> : the name of the alternative to set a provider for"
-+	alternatives_describe_update_options
-+}
-+
-+do_update() {
-+	local ALTERNATIVE=$1
-+	shift
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die -q "Missing required parameter 'alternative'"
-+	alternatives_do_update "$@"
-+}
-+
-+options_update() {
-+	alternatives_options_update
-+}
-+
-+### create action ###
-+
-+describe_create() {
-+	echo "Create a new alternative"
-+}
-+
-+describe_create_parameters() {
-+	echo "<alternative>"
-+}
-+
-+describe_create_options() {
-+	echo "<alternative> : the name of the alternative to create"
-+}
-+
-+do_create() {
-+	[[ $# == 1 ]] || die "Need exactly one alternative name"
-+
-+	local auto_dir="${ESELECT_AUTO_GENERATED_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	local auto_file="${auto_dir}/${1}.eselect"
-+
-+	if [[ ! -e "${auto_file}" ]]; then
-+		if [[ ! -e "${auto_dir}" ]]; then
-+			mkdir -p "${auto_dir}" || die "Failed to create ${auto_dir}"
-+		elif [[ ! -d "${auto_dir}" ]]; then
-+			die "${auto_dir} exists but is a file"
-+		fi
-+		cat >> ${auto_file} <<- ENDOFTEXT
-+			DESCRIPTION="${DESCRIPTION} for ${1}"
-+			VERSION="${VERSION}"
-+			MAINTAINER="${MAINTAINER}"
-+			ESELECT_MODULE_GROUP="Alternatives"
-+
-+			ALTERNATIVE="${1}"
-+
-+			inherit alternatives
-+		ENDOFTEXT
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+### delete action ###
-+
-+describe_delete() {
-+	echo "Delete an existing alternative"
-+}
-+
-+describe_delete_parameters() {
-+	echo "<alternative>"
-+}
-+
-+describe_delete_options() {
-+	echo "<alternative> : the name of the alternative to delete"
-+}
-+
-+do_delete() {
-+	[[ $# == 1 ]] || die "Need exactly one alternative name"
-+
-+	local auto_dir="${ESELECT_AUTO_GENERATED_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	local auto_file="${auto_dir}/${1}.eselect"
-+
-+	if [[ -e "${auto_file}" ]]; then
-+		rm "${auto_file}" || die "Failed to remove alternative: ${1}"
-+	fi
-+}
-+
-+### add action ###
-+
-+describe_add() {
-+	alternatives_describe_add
-+}
-+
-+describe_add_parameters() {
-+	echo "<alternative> $(alternatives_describe_add_parameters)"
-+}
-+
-+describe_add_options() {
-+	echo "<alternative> : the name of the alternative to add a provider for"
-+	alternatives_describe_add_options
-+}
-+
-+do_add() {
-+	local ALTERNATIVE=$1
-+	shift
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die -q "Missing required parameter 'alternative'"
-+	alternatives_do_add "$@"
-+}
-+
-+options_add() {
-+	alternatives_options_add
-+}
-+
-+### remove action ###
-+
-+describe_remove() {
-+	alternatives_describe_remove
-+}
-+
-+describe_remove_parameters() {
-+	echo "<alternative> $(alternatives_describe_remove_parameters)"
-+}
-+
-+describe_remove_options() {
-+	echo "<alternative> : the name of the alternative to remove a provider from"
-+	alternatives_describe_remove_options
-+}
-+
-+do_remove() {
-+	local ALTERNATIVE=$1
-+	shift
-+	[[ -z "${ALTERNATIVE}" ]] && die -q "Missing required parameter 'alternative'"
-+	alternatives_do_remove "$@"
-+}
-+
-+options_remove() {
-+	alternatives_options_remove
-+}
-diff --git a/modules/modules.eselect b/modules/modules.eselect
-index 5bc78ca..23c1e59 100644
---- a/modules/modules.eselect
-+++ b/modules/modules.eselect
-@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
- # Copyright 2006-2018 Gentoo Foundation
- # Distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2 or later
- 
--inherit config
-+inherit config output tests
- 
- DESCRIPTION="Query eselect modules"
- MAINTAINER="eselect@gentoo.org"
-@@ -15,57 +15,94 @@ describe_list() {
- 	echo "List all available modules"
- }
- 
--describe_list_options() {
--	echo "--only-names : Output names of modules only"
--}
--
- # List all installed modules
- do_list() {
--	local only_names path file module name desc
--	local -a extra_modules
--
--	if [[ ${1#--} = only-names ]]; then
--		only_names=1
--		shift
--	fi
--	[[ $# -gt 0 ]] && die -q "Too many parameters"
--
--	for path in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
--		[[ -d ${path} ]] || continue
--		for file in "${path}"/*.eselect ; do
--			[[ -f ${file} ]] || continue
--			extra_modules=( "${extra_modules[@]}" "${file}" )
--		done
--	done
--
--	if [[ -n ${only_names} ]]; then
--		# This is mainly intended for bash completion
--		echo "help"
--		echo "usage"
--		echo "version"
--		for module in "${extra_modules[@]}" ; do
--			name=${module##*/}
--			echo "${name%%.eselect}"
--		done
--	else
--		write_list_start "Built-in modules:"
--		write_kv_list_entry "help"			"Display a help message"
--		write_kv_list_entry "usage"			"Display a usage message"
--		write_kv_list_entry "version"		"Display version information"
--
--		if [[ ${#extra_modules[@]} -gt 0 ]] ; then
--			echo
--			write_list_start "Extra modules:"
--			for module in "${extra_modules[@]}" ; do
--				name=${module##*/}
--				name=${name%%.eselect}
--				desc=$(ESELECT_MODULE_NAME=${name} \
--					load_config "${module}" DESCRIPTION)
--				desc=${desc:-No description available}
--				write_kv_list_entry "${name}" "${desc}"
--			done
--		fi
--	fi
-+    local path file module name desc group groups Extra_modules
-+
-+    write_list_start "Built-in modules:"
-+    write_kv_list_entry "help"          "Display a help message"
-+    write_kv_list_entry "usage"         "Display a usage message"
-+    write_kv_list_entry "version"       "Display version information"
-+    write_kv_list_entry "print-modules" "Print eselect modules"
-+    write_kv_list_entry "print-actions" "Print actions for a given module"
-+    write_kv_list_entry "print-options" "Print options for a given action"
-+
-+    for path in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
-+        [[ -d ${path} ]] || continue
-+        for file in ${path}/*.eselect ; do
-+            [[ -f ${file} ]] || continue
-+            group=$(load_config "${file}" ESELECT_MODULE_GROUP)
-+            if [[ -n ${group} ]]; then
-+                has ${group} ${groups} || groups+=" ${group}"
-+                declare ${group}_modules+=" ${file}"
-+            else
-+                Extra_modules+=" ${file}"
-+            fi
-+        done
-+    done
-+
-+    for group in ${groups} Extra; do
-+        local m
-+        m="${group}_modules"
-+        if [[ -n ${!m} ]] ; then
-+            echo
-+            write_list_start "${group} modules:"
-+            for module in ${!m}; do
-+                name=${module##*/}
-+                name=${name%%.eselect}
-+                desc=$(load_config "${module}" DESCRIPTION)
-+                desc=${desc:-No description available}
-+                write_kv_list_entry "${name}" "${desc}"
-+            done
-+        fi
-+    done
-+}
-+
-+### group action
-+
-+describe_group() {
-+    echo "Lists all available modules belonging to a specified group."
-+}
-+
-+describe_group_parameters() {
-+    echo "<group>"
-+}
-+
-+do_group() {
-+    local path file groupname="$1" group module modules name desc
-+    [[ -z "$groupname" ]] && die -q "Required option (group name) missing."
-+
-+    if [[ ${groupname} == Built-in ]]; then
-+        write_list_start "Built-in modules:"
-+        write_kv_list_entry "help"          "Display a help message"
-+        write_kv_list_entry "usage"         "Display a usage message"
-+        write_kv_list_entry "version"       "Display version information"
-+        return 0
-+    fi
-+
-+    for path in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
-+        [[ -d ${path} ]] || continue
-+        for file in ${path}/*.eselect ; do
-+            [[ -f ${file} ]] || continue
-+            group=$(load_config "${file}" ESELECT_MODULE_GROUP)
-+            [[ ${groupname} == ${group} ||
-+                ( ${groupname} == Extra && -z ${group} ) ]] || continue
-+            modules+=" ${file}"
-+        done
-+    done
-+
-+    if [[ -n ${modules} ]] ; then
-+        write_list_start "${groupname} modules:"
-+        for module in ${modules}; do
-+            name=${module##*/}
-+            name=${name%%.eselect}
-+            desc=$(load_config "${module}" DESCRIPTION)
-+            desc=${desc:-No description available}
-+            write_kv_list_entry "${name}" "${desc}"
-+        done
-+    else
-+        die -q "No modules belonging to ${groupname} was found"
-+    fi
- }
- 
- ### has action
-@@ -75,56 +112,113 @@ describe_has() {
- }
- 
- describe_has_parameters() {
--	echo "<module>"
-+    echo "<module>"
- }
- 
- do_has() {
--	[[ -z $1 ]] && die -q "Required option (module name) missing"
--	[[ $# -gt 1 ]] && die -q "Too many parameters"
--
--	local modname=$1 modpath
--	for modpath in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
--		[[ -f ${modpath}/${modname}.eselect ]] && return 0
--	done
--	return 1
-+    [[ -z $1 ]] && die -q "Required option (module name) missing"
-+    [[ $# -gt 1 ]] && die -q "Too many parameters"
-+    local modname="$1" modpath
-+    [[ -z "$modname" ]] && die -q "Required option (module name) missing."
-+    for modpath in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
-+        [[ -f "${modpath}/${modname}.eselect" ]] && return 0
-+    done
-+    return 1
- }
- 
- ### add action
--# *** Commented out. Do we really want to have an eselect module that is
--# *** installing other modules in a system directory? Also, this should
--# *** go together with a "remove" action.
--
--# describe_add() {
--# 	echo "Install the given module file somewhere that eselect can find it."
--# 	echo "By default, install to \$HOME/.eselect/modules/, unless running as "
--# 	echo "root. Then, install to ${ESELECT_DATA_PATH}/modules/."
--# }
--
--# describe_add_parameters() {
--# 	echo "<module_file>"
--# }
--
--# do_add() {
--# 	local local_path="${ROOT}${HOME}/.eselect/modules/" module_file
--# 	local force_default=0
--#
--# 	if [[ $1 = "--force-default-location" ]] ; then
--# 		force_default=1
--# 		shift
--# 	fi
--# 	module_file=$1
--#
--# 	[[ -z ${module_file} ]] && die -q "Required option (module file) missing"
--#
--# 	# TODO: Don't install the module "somewhere", depending on write access.
--# 	# Add an option to control if it goes to the user's or to the system dir.
--# 	if ! cp "${module_file}" "${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}" &> /dev/null ; then
--# 		[[ ${force_default} == 1 ]] \
--# 			&& die -q "Failed to install module file to default modules path"
--#
--# 		mkdir -p "${local_path}" \
--# 			|| die -q "Failed to create module install directory"
--# 		cp "${module_file}" "${local_path}" \
--# 			|| die -q "Failed to install module file"
--# 	fi
--# }
-+
-+describe_add() {
-+    echo "Install a module file"
-+}
-+
-+describe_add_options() {
-+    echo "--default : install as global module (default if root)"
-+    echo "--user : install as user's module"
-+}
-+
-+describe_add_parameters() {
-+    echo "<module_file>"
-+}
-+
-+do_add() {
-+    local module_file module_path
-+    case $1 in
-+	--default)
-+	    module_path="${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	    shift
-+	    ;;
-+	--user)
-+	    module_path="${ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	    mkdir -p "${module_path}" || die -q "Failed to create directory ${module_path}"
-+	    shift
-+	    ;;
-+	*) : ;;
-+    esac
-+    module_file=$1
-+
-+    [[ -z ${module_file} ]] && die -q "Required module file missing"
-+
-+    if [[ -n ${module_path} ]]; then
-+	cp "${module_file}" "${module_path}" &> /dev/null || \
-+	    die -q "Failed to install module file to ${module_path}"
-+    else
-+	if ! cp "${module_file}" "${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}" &> /dev/null ; then
-+	    mkdir -p "${ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH}" \
-+		|| die -q "Failed to create directory ${ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	    cp "${module_file}" "${ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH}" \
-+		|| die -q "Failed to install module file ${module_file}"
-+	fi
-+    fi
-+}
-+
-+### remove action
-+
-+describe_remove() {
-+    echo "Remove the given module name"
-+}
-+
-+describe_remove_options() {
-+    echo "--default : remove global module (default if root)"
-+    echo "--alternatives : remove generated alternatives module"
-+    echo "--user : remove user module"
-+}
-+
-+describe_remove_parameters() {
-+    echo "<module>"
-+}
-+
-+do_remove() {
-+    local module_name module_path ret
-+    case $1 in
-+	--alternatives)
-+	    module_path="${ESELECT_GENERATED_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	    shift
-+	    ;;
-+	--default)
-+	    module_path="${ESELECT_DEFAULT_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	    shift
-+	    ;;
-+	--user)
-+	    module_path="${ESELECT_USER_MODULES_PATH}"
-+	    shift
-+			;;
-+	*) : ;;
-+    esac
-+    module_name=$1
-+
-+    [[ -z ${module_name} ]] && die -q "Required module name missing"
-+
-+    if [[ -n ${module_path} ]]; then
-+	rm "${module_path}/${module_name}.eselect" &> /dev/null
-+	ret=$?
-+    else
-+	for module_path in "${ESELECT_MODULES_PATH[@]}" ; do
-+	    rm "${module_path}/${module_name}.eselect" &> /dev/null
-+	    ret=$?
-+	done
-+    fi
-+    [[ ${ret} != 0 ]] && die -q "Failed to remove module ${module_name}"
-+}
-+
-+# vim: set ft=eselect sw=4 sts=4 ts=4 et tw=80 :
diff --git a/app-admin/eselect/metadata.xml b/app-admin/eselect/metadata.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c8d15633..000000000
--- a/app-admin/eselect/metadata.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
-<pkgmetadata>
-	<maintainer type="person">
-		<email>bicatali@gentoo.org</email>
-	</maintainer>
-</pkgmetadata>