Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> writes: [...]
>> It must be common task for people using overlays... so anyone know how >> its done. > > Hi, > > Create the file /etc/eix-sync.conf with this one character in it: > * > > Then you can simply run eix-sync to automatically sync your overlays, > main portage tree, and update the EIX cache. Afterward it will show > you what is new or has changed. No need to run layman -S or emerge > --sync ever again. :) > > Also, if you have any overlays that don't include metadata, you can > add lines like this beneath the asterisk in eix-sync.conf to make it > generate cache for them: > !egencache --repo=theoverlayname --update > > At least that's how I do it. Nice... I do use eix-sync for a good while now... but had not synced since installing layman... and found the out of date directions posted earlier. ... I didn't realize eix-sync would synchronize overlays too... I've never had an overlay before. ... I'm setting up `sunshine' now ....thanks.
