# salt.modules.eselect

Support for eselect, Gentoo's configuration and management tool.

salt.modules.eselect.exec_action(module, action, module_parameter=None, action_parameter=None, state_only=False)

  Execute an arbitrary action on a module.

  module

    name of the module to be executed

  action

    name of the module's action to be run

  module_parameter

    additional params passed to the defined module

  action_parameter

    additional params passed to the defined action

  state_only

    don't return any output but only the success/failure of the operation

  CLI Example (updating the `php` implementation used for `apache2`):

      salt '*' eselect.exec_action php update action_parameter='apache2'

salt.modules.eselect.get_current_target(module, module_parameter=None, action_parameter=None)

  Get the currently selected target for the given module.

  module

    name of the module to be queried for its current target

  module_parameter

    additional params passed to the defined module

  action_parameter

    additional params passed to the 'show' action

  CLI Example (current target of system-wide `java-vm`):

      salt '*' eselect.get_current_target java-vm action_parameter='system'

  CLI Example (current target of `kernel` symlink):

      salt '*' eselect.get_current_target kernel

salt.modules.eselect.get_modules()

  List available `eselect` modules.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' eselect.get_modules

salt.modules.eselect.get_target_list(module, action_parameter=None)

  List available targets for the given module.

  module

    name of the module to be queried for its targets

  action_parameter

    additional params passed to the defined action

    Added in version 2016.11.0.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' eselect.get_target_list kernel

salt.modules.eselect.set_target(module, target, module_parameter=None, action_parameter=None)

  Set the target for the given module. Target can be specified by index or name.

  module

    name of the module for which a target should be set

  target

    name of the target to be set for this module

  module_parameter

    additional params passed to the defined module

  action_parameter

    additional params passed to the defined action

  CLI Example (setting target of system-wide `java-vm`):

      salt '*' eselect.set_target java-vm icedtea-bin-7 action_parameter='system'

  CLI Example (setting target of `kernel` symlink):

      salt '*' eselect.set_target kernel linux-3.17.5-gentoo