commit: c42bf715b7e30b9c53760137b5eb799e64a68952
Author: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Thu Jan 29 19:58:59 2026 +0000
Commit: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Thu Jan 29 20:03:43 2026 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c42bf715
net-misc/yt-dlp: add 2026.01.29
Signed-off-by: Ionen Wolkens <ionen <AT> gentoo.org>
net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest | 1 +
net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.01.29.ebuild | 122 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 123 insertions(+)
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
index 78b0b0e4bc51..7457b32a756b 100644
--- a/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
DIST yt-dlp-2025.12.08.tar.gz 6159820 BLAKE2B
a89a76120cdcaa820bb15bedbe7ab9b173209c978399a5236f05c18c43ebf9b525cb678cdf9fada00da69024d2a928cf4292520a557eb79dc5835c5ebe119674
SHA512
44d0ddb238ff53a3ba09245c41e122b53445e858b0ee3d32d139718317d30dcb3645bc36bd53065a137640f6c886ad61b0d1b0cfe132056142943c547e86bc00
+DIST yt-dlp-2026.01.29.tar.gz 6174651 BLAKE2B
a2ab7672c1cbfdc6c5a6effc7aefc84515928c4b2815aaaccb59db8890734d2b2e2747ffab4173bf36371420bfd26bb879d9ca0ccb8fbb260c44bfe33c12fd9c
SHA512
f695591227a5a7fff63cd64a0b18de175c37a001053d5b89b2bdbdaf9c8d732b0d515c15ca9baf1e01efc37bd988cabe3a8a5c959e8354076b02488257c76f4d
diff --git a/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.01.29.ebuild
b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.01.29.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..846089bdb604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-2026.01.29.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=hatchling
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3_11 python3_{11..14} )
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature shell-completion wrapper
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+ inherit git-r3
+ EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp.git";
+else
+ SRC_URI="
+
https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/download/${PV}/${PN}.tar.gz
+ -> ${P}.tar.gz
+ "
+ S=${WORKDIR}/${PN}
+ # note that yt-dlp bumps are typically done straight-to-stable (unless
some
+ # major/breaking changes) given website changes breaks it on a whim
+ KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv x86 ~arm64-macos
~x64-macos"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="youtube-dl fork with additional features and fixes"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/";
+
+LICENSE="Unlicense"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="+deno"
+
+# deno is technically a optfeature, but it is needed for proper YouTube
+# support and most users would expect that to work out-of-the-box
+# (there are alternatives like nodejs but upstream disables support by
+# default due to security concerns, users are on their own for these)
+#
+# yt-dlp-ejs requires pinning due to yt-dlp checking sha512sum of .js,
+# live ebuild users may need to use the self-updater method if out of
+# sync as there are no plans for a yt-dlp-ejs live ebuild at the moment
+# (should "typically" be updated in Gentoo within 24h if willing to wait)
+RDEPEND="
+ dev-python/pycryptodome[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ =dev-python/yt-dlp-ejs-0.4*[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ deno? ( >=dev-lang/deno-bin-2.6.6 )
+"
+BDEPEND="
+ test? ( media-video/ffmpeg[webp] )
+"
+
+if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+ IUSE+=" man"
+ BDEPEND+=" man? ( virtual/pandoc )"
+fi
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+python_compile() {
+ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+ # generate missing files in live, not in compile_all nor prepare
+ # given need lazy before compile and it needs a usable ${PYTHON}
+ emake completions lazy-extractors $(usev man yt-dlp.1)
+
+ "${EPYTHON}" devscripts/update-version.py || die
+ fi
+
+ distutils-r1_python_compile
+}
+
+python_test() {
+ local EPYTEST_DESELECT=(
+ # fails with FEATURES=network-sandbox
+
test/test_networking.py::TestHTTPRequestHandler::test_connect_timeout
+ # fails with FEATURES=distcc, bug #915614
+
test/test_networking.py::TestYoutubeDLNetworking::test_proxy\[None-expected2\]
+ # websockets tests break easily depending on
dev-python/websockets
+ # version and, as far as I know, most users do not use/need it
--
+ # thus being neither in RDEPEND nor optfeature (bug
#940630,#950030)
+ test/test_websockets.py
+ )
+
+ epytest -m 'not download'
+}
+
+python_install_all() {
+ dodoc README.md Changelog.md supportedsites.md
+
+ if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+ use man && doman yt-dlp.1
+ else
+ doman yt-dlp.1
+ rm -r -- "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/yt_dlp || die
+ fi
+
+ dobashcomp completions/bash/yt-dlp
+ dofishcomp completions/fish/yt-dlp.fish
+ dozshcomp completions/zsh/_yt-dlp
+
+ make_wrapper youtube-dl "yt-dlp --compat-options youtube-dl"
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+ optfeature "various features (merging tracks, streamed content)"
media-video/ffmpeg
+ has_version media-video/atomicparsley || # allow fallback but don't
advertise
+ optfeature "embedding metadata thumbnails in MP4/M4A files"
media-libs/mutagen
+ 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
+}
