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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Building a portage =?UTF-8?Q?repo=3F?=
From:       alexmcwhirter () triadic ! us
Date:       2016-09-14 7:59:10
Message-ID: 96636423c037a12c80276402f234730c () triadic ! us
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On 2016-09-14 03:40, Michał Górny wrote:
> Portage is the package manager. The repository is named gentoo. Please
> use correct names because till the last paragraph, I thought you were
> actually referring to the package manager (and wtf-ed why would you
> distribute its sources via rsync).

Sorry, it's been a long night.

> Generally, it's easier to fetch
> https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/gentoo that has all the extra content
> included. However, if you want it 100% rsync compliant, you will still
> have to patch layout.conf and remanifest.
> 
> Also note that the manifest format will be subject to change in the
> future, to support fully GPG-signed repository.

I was unaware of that repository, thanks for pointing it out. It makes 
much more sense to start there than trying to rebuild everything, at 
least while my changes stay small anyways.


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