Local Overlay 的使用

Someone handed you an ebuild, and you don’t know what to do with it? Fear not, for here be instructions!

Creating a local overlay

You can create a local overlay with a few easy steps.

root # mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/{metadata,profiles}
root # echo 'NameOfYourOverlay' > /usr/local/portage/profiles/repo_name
root # echo 'masters = gentoo' > /usr/local/portage/metadata/layout.conf
root # chown -R portage:portage /usr/local/portage

Next, tell portage about the overlay.

FILE /etc/portage/repos.conf/local.conf

[NameOfYourOverlay]
location = /usr/local/portage
masters = gentoo
auto-sync = no

Note
NameOfYourOverlay is an example and you should change it to something meaningful in all locations.
Note
The old method of setting the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable in make.conf is deprecated and should not be used
Adding an ebuild to the overlay

Now that the basic layout is in order, you can add an ebuild to the overlay. In this example, app-dicts/artha-1.0.2 (available at [1]). We will assume the ebuild is in the homedir of the user myuser, and named artha-1.0.2.ebuild.

root # mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/app-dicts/artha
root # cp ~myuser/artha-1.0.2.ebuild /usr/local/portage/app-dicts/artha/artha-1.0.2.ebuild
root # chown -R portage:portage /usr/local/portage
root # pushd /usr/local/portage/app-dicts/artha
root # repoman manifest
root # popd

You should now be able to install the package from your overlay with emerge.

root #emerge -av1 app-dicts/artha

Crossdev

crossdev will automatically place the ebuilds/categories it generates into the highest priority overlay found in /etc/portage/repos.conf/. Most users will want to prevent crossdev from disturbing layman’s overlays or the user’s personal per-machine overlay (normally created at /usr/local/portage). Create an overlay specifically for crossdev’s use:

root #mkdir -p /usr/local/portage-crossdev/profiles
root #echo local-crossdev > /usr/local/portage-crossdev/profiles/repo_name

Then instruct Portage and crossdev to use this overlay:

FILE /etc/portage/repos.conf/crossdev.conf

[local-crossdev]
location=/usr/local/portage-crossdev
priority=9999
masters = gentoo
auto-sync = no