2015-06-23 21:12 GMT-06:00 James <[email protected]>: > Take java: > > * Warnings: > * ------ > * The source of the overlay "java" seems to have changed. > * You currently sync from > * > * git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/java.git > * > * while the remote lists report > * > * 1. git://anongit.gentoo.org/proj/java.git > * 2. git+ssh://[email protected]/proj/java.git > * 3. https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/java.git > * > * as correct locations. > * Please consider removing and re-adding the overlay. > This is because recent changes of the infrastructure providing overlays, explanation it's on the frontpage(gentoo.org)
> > Maybe a few examples of /etc/portage/repos.conf to look at? > Maybe this is useful, what I have been doing, is use layman as always for external repos from gentoo overlays( layman -a ...), As far as I know the repos.conf still doesn't handle svn, so I think devs are keeping layman the way it is to not break this, but if I want to change something in a particular external overlay say java, what i do is this A new conf /etc/repos.conf/java.conf [java] priority = 100 location = /home/$MY_USER/$MY_OVERLAYS_DIR/java layman-type = git auto-sync = no And of course clone the repo to that dir and make my changes. > Note the gentoo and local is fine. I keep /usr/local/portage > for my stuff alone, so I guess I can just use the old layman > dir stucture (/var/lib/layman) for my collection of exteranal > repos? > I find the use of /usr/local/portage less useful than making your own overlay, I have my own overlay in repos.conf pretty much the same as the example before /etc/repos.conf/j-overlay.conf:(This is my box used for development) [j-overlay] priority = 100 location = /home/$MY_USER/$MY_OVERLAYS_DIR/j-overlay layman-type = git auto-sync = no But I distribute it to some containers and some other gentoo installations by a little different config file: [j-overlay] location = /var/lib/portage/repos/j-overlay sync-type = git priority = 100 sync-uri = https://github.com/j-g-/j-overlay.git auto-sync = true And as expected, emerge --sync syncs the portage three(also via git) and changes I commit to my own overlay. I hope you find this useful.
