[gentoo-user] Re: freezing a package

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On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:01:03 -0500
"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@×××××××××××××.ca> wrote:

> On 19/12/09 Albert Hopkins said:
>
> > Create an local overlay. Put the ebuild in there.
>
> I'll need to read up on how. The section on overlays left me with the
> impression that overlays were for experimental code, not for keeping
> private copies of packages.

Unfortunately, the Gentoo overlays user's guide now focuses only on
using layman to get other people's overlays and no longer covers how
to set up a simple local overlay.  I guess there's enough info in
various manpages to piece it together, but here's a quick/dirty howto.

In make.conf:

  # to use some local ebuilds
  PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage"

Or you can use any director(y|ies) you like, in a list separated by
spaces.

Then drop a copy of the ebuild into
$PORTDIR_OVERLAY/[category]/[packagename]/

Run `ebuild [ebuild file] manifest` to create the checksums for the
ebuild.  (Alternatively, I guess there's a way to copy the manifest
stuff from the portage tree.)

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