Portage
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Portage is Gentoo Linux’s highly configurable source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Portage canonical | 13 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1831660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portage Context triple: [Gentoo Linux, packageManager, Portage]
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A.
Portage, Indiana
Portage, Indiana is a city in northwestern Indiana near Lake Michigan, known as a key industrial and transportation hub within the Chicago metropolitan area.
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B.
Park Hill
Park Hill is a historic residential neighborhood in southwest Yonkers, New York, known for its early 20th-century architecture and hillside views of the Hudson River.
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C.
Racine
Racine is a city in southeastern Wisconsin located on the shore of Lake Michigan, known historically for its manufacturing industry and Danish kringle pastries.
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D.
Eastland
Eastland is a surname most notably associated with James Eastland, a long-serving and influential U.S. senator from Mississippi.
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E.
Westville
Westville is a residential and arts-oriented neighborhood located in the western part of New Haven, Connecticut.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portage Target entity description: Portage is Gentoo Linux’s highly configurable source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software.
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A.
Portage, Indiana
Portage, Indiana is a city in northwestern Indiana near Lake Michigan, known as a key industrial and transportation hub within the Chicago metropolitan area.
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B.
Park Hill
Park Hill is a historic residential neighborhood in southwest Yonkers, New York, known for its early 20th-century architecture and hillside views of the Hudson River.
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C.
Racine
Racine is a city in southeastern Wisconsin located on the shore of Lake Michigan, known historically for its manufacturing industry and Danish kringle pastries.
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D.
Eastland
Eastland is a surname most notably associated with James Eastland, a long-serving and influential U.S. senator from Mississippi.
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E.
Westville
Westville is a residential and arts-oriented neighborhood located in the western part of New Haven, Connecticut.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free software
ⓘ
package management system ⓘ software component ⓘ |
| configurationDirectory | /etc/portage ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /etc/portage/make.conf ⓘ |
| defaultPackageManagerFor | Gentoo Linux ⓘ |
| developedBy |
Gentoo Linux project
ⓘ
linked to:
Gentoo Linux
|
| documentation | https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Working/Portage ⓘ |
| homepage | https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
BSD ports collection
ⓘ
linked to:
Ports Collection
|
| introduced | early 2000s ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Gentoo Linux ⓘ |
| packageModel | source-based ⓘ |
| primaryUse | package management for Gentoo Linux ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
amd64
ⓘ
arm ⓘ ppc ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| supportsBinaryPackages | true ⓘ |
| supportsDistribution |
ChromeOS (via Gentoo roots)
ⓘ
linked to:
ChromeOS
Funtoo Linux ⓘ
linked to:
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
automatic compilation from source
ⓘ
build-time configuration via USE flags ⓘ ccache integration ⓘ dependency resolution ⓘ distcc integration ⓘ fetching source tarballs ⓘ keywording for architectures ⓘ masking and unmasking packages ⓘ mirrors configuration ⓘ package installation ⓘ package removal ⓘ package upgrade ⓘ slotting multiple versions ⓘ |
| usesCommand |
eix
ⓘ
emaint ⓘ emerge ⓘ equery ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
SLOTs
ⓘ
USE flags ⓘ overlays ⓘ profiles ⓘ virtual packages ⓘ |
| usesFileFormat |
Manifest
ⓘ
ebuild ⓘ |
| usesRepository | Gentoo ebuild repository ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage |
Bash
ⓘ
linked to:
Unix shell
Python ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Portage Description of subject: Portage is Gentoo Linux’s highly configurable source-based package management system that automates compiling, installing, and updating software.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.