I’m working on getting layman setup on my gentoo system so I can connect to other overlays. Currently I have been copying ebuilds from overlays using my browser. This should be avoided unless I need to make changes to the overlay. I would also like to eventually get my overlay recognized as a gentoo overlay.
Use Flags
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git - because I’m using git
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subversion - because people still use it
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sync-plugin-portage - This seems to work with the new portage system. Since I migrated to that system I will probably want to use it.
To install layman:
$ nano /etc/portage/package.use/layman
app-portage/layman git subversion sync-plugin-portage
ctrl+x, y
$ emerge -a app-portage/layman
* IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news read to view new items.
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild R ] app-portage/layman-2.0.0-r3::gentoo USE="git subversion -bazaar -cvs -darcs -mercurial {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 (-pypy)" 0 KiB
Total: 1 package (1 reinstall), Size of downloads: 0 KiB
Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] no
As you can see the sync-plugin-portage flag is ignored. This is because I am not getting the latest version of layman from the repo. To fix this add the ~amd64 keyword for the package.
nano /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords
app-portage/layman ~amd64
ctrl+x, y
emerge -av app-portage/layman
* IMPORTANT: 1 news items need reading for repository 'gentoo'.
* Use eselect news read to view new items.
These are the packages that would be merged, in order:
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild U ~] app-portage/layman-2.3.0::gentoo [2.0.0-r3::gentoo] USE="git subversion sync-plugin-portage%* -bazaar -cvs -darcs -g-sorcery% -gpg% -mercurial -squashfs% {-test}" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3%* -pypy -python3_4%" 117 KiB
Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 117 KiB
Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] yes
>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Running pre-merge checks for app-portage/layman-2.3.0
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) app-portage/layman-2.3.0::gentoo
>>> Installing (1 of 1) app-portage/layman-2.3.0::gentoo
>>> Jobs: 1 of 1 complete Load avg: 0.38, 0.15, 0.08
>>> Auto-cleaning packages...
>>> No outdated packages were found on your system.
* GNU info directory index is up-to-date.
Now I can remove vagrant from my overlay and use the original one.