commit: 897446f88ae976b6487c35ed173736290459f52e
Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Nov 1 00:00:49 2025 +0000
Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Nov 1 00:08:30 2025 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=897446f8
net-misc/yt-dlp: update live
This makes the _pre releases mostly obsolete, but keeping it
until a proper release.
Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org>
net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml | 3 ---
net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml b/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml
index 597c3a97fb41..20e6fe577213 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/metadata.xml
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
<stabilize-allarches/>
<use>
<flag name="deno">
- (warning: this USE is for testing versions only
- currently and can be ignored at the moment)
-
Pull in <pkg>dev-lang/deno-bin</pkg> by default
needed for proper YouTube support (if this USE
is masked on your profile, refer to yt-dlp's
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
index d94bf67bc493..f553e928b153 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-9999.ebuild
@@ -26,9 +26,20 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/";
LICENSE="Unlicense"
SLOT="0"
-
+IUSE="+deno"
+
+# deno is technically a optfeature, but it is needed for proper YouTube
+# support and most users would expect that to work out-of-the-box
+# (there are alternatives like nodejs but upstream disables support by
+# default due to security concerns, users are on their own for these)
+#
+# yt-dlp-ejs requires pinning due to yt-dlp checking sha512sum of .js,
+# live ebuild users may need to use the self-updater method if out of
+# sync as there are no plans for a yt-dlp-ejs live ebuild at the moment
RDEPEND="
dev-python/pycryptodome[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ ~dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs-0.3.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ deno? ( dev-lang/deno-bin )
"
BDEPEND="
test? ( media-video/ffmpeg[webp] )
@@ -93,8 +104,18 @@ pkg_postinst() {
optfeature "decrypting cookies from Chromium-based browsers"
dev-python/secretstorage
if [[ ! ${REPLACING_VERSIONS} ]]; then
+ elog
elog 'A wrapper using "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl" was
installed'
elog 'as "youtube-dl". This is strictly for compatibility and
it is'
elog 'recommended to use "yt-dlp" directly, it may be removed
in the future.'
fi
+
+ if use !deno; then
+ ewarn
+ ewarn "USE=deno is disabled, using ${PN} with some websites
like YouTube may"
+ ewarn "not function properly. If your profile does not allow
enabling this USE,"
+ ewarn "can use net-libs/nodejs instead but it is disabled by
default due to"
+ ewarn "security(!) concerns and requires manually passing
'--js-runtimes node'"
+ ewarn "(to be permanent: echo '--js-runtimes node' >>
~/.config/yt-dlp/config)"
+ fi
}
