README.md

hoefling-private-overlay

Custom overlay to reuse on different machines

Installation

Installation via eselect-repository

This method uses the eselect module eselect-repository. Issue:

$ sudo eselect repository add hoefling-private git https://github.com/hoefling/hoefling-private-overlay.git

Refer to eselect-repository module page in Gentoo Wiki for more details.

Installation via repos.conf

This method assumes usage of the new portage sync capabilities. Issue:

$ sudo wget -P /etc/portage/repos.conf/
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hoefling/hoefling-private-overlay/master/hoefling-private-overlay.conf

or create the settings file manually:

$ cat <<EOM >/etc/portage/repos.conf/hoefling-private.conf
[hoefling-private]
location = /usr/local/overlay/hoefling-private
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/hoefling/hoefling-private-overlay.git
auto-sync = yes
EOM

or modify /etc/portage/repos.conf file if you maintain it as one:

$ cat <<EOM >>/etc/portage/repos.conf
[hoefling-private]
location = /usr/local/overlay/hoefling-private
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/hoefling/hoefling-private-overlay.git
auto-sync = yes
EOM

Refer to repos.conf page in Gentoo Wiki for more details.