[gentoo-user] Re: Local portage ebuilds

[James]

Marc Joliet <marcec <at> gmx.de> writes:


> > local ebuilds. I'm curious how other folks would suggest to keep them
> > separate from the main portage tree and the overlays, but easily
> > maintainable on my own workstation.
> >

> What you are referring sounds a lot like a local overlay :) .
> I have one myself
> that I manage with git, and many others have their own.  It's not even
> particularly difficult, especially if you'll be its only user.
> The Gentoo Wiki
> even has a page on local overlays, as I just found out:
> http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay/Local_overlay.

> - Use repoman, even if you're the only user.

snip....


OK guys, I'm going to experiment and see what I like best. I'll post back
with any further questions.

THANKS,
James