From aa6b3c6b1a8cb7b3e1c3d2cbe409c883f34fe2dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Friedli Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:52:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update the README.md. This fixes GitHub issue 43 and gittr issue #78. --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index d9b4192..ef0e807 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -5,12 +5,28 @@ Gentoo overlay with some ebuilds that I found either outdated or missing in the Build status of the [master branch](https://gittr.ch/linux/gentoo-overlay/tree/master), as seen by `repoman -p -x`: [![build status](https://gittr.ch/ci/projects/10/status.png?ref=master)](https://gittr.ch/ci/projects/10?ref=master) +Using with plain (recent) Portage +--------------------------------- + +Create a new config file under `/etc/portage/repos.conf/fritteli.conf` with the following contents: + + [fritteli] + auto-sync = yes + location = /usr/local/portage/overlays/fritteli + sync-type = git + sync-uri = https://gittr.ch/linux/gentoo-overlay.git + + +You may adapt the `location` attribute to your system's own setup. + +If you prefer to use the overlay hostet at GitHub (which tends to be more stable but less up-to-date than the one hosted at gittr.ch), you may use `https://github.com/fritteli/gentoo-overlay.git` for the `sync-uri`. + Using with Layman ----------------- -Use layman to easily install and update overlays over time. +You may also use `layman` to manage this overlay, although that requires some more setup and manual sync'ing. -If you haven't used layman yet, just run these commands: +If you haven't used layman yet, just installing running these commands: USE=git emerge -va layman echo PORTDIR_OVERLAY=\"\" > /var/lib/layman/make.conf