On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:26:53 +0000 Joakim Tjernlund <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now that PORTDIR is deprecated I wonder if there is any other > way to add an local overlay to emerge without adding it > to /etc/portage/repos.conf ? > > In crossdev you just specify the local file path to a repo/overlay > where to find ebuilds, add cross symlinks etc. but this will not work > if not the local repo is listed in repos.conf > > Jocke Overlays were to go in PORTDIR_OVERLAY, that is still a valid option. It does not have as many repository control options, but the code is still present in portage. Layman's code has changed it's default to generate a repos.conf file. But there has been no talk amongst ourselves about fully deprecating the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable yet. -- Brian Dolbec <dolsen>
