/etc/portage/repos.conf/en

is a file or directory which specifies the location and settings for the repositories used by the current system. It refers to the Gentoo repository and perhaps overlays used on a system.

Format

 * File names can be arbitrary strings of characters with or without suffix, except for expected by.
 * Comments begin with  (no inline comments).
 * Configuration of each repository is specified in a separate file or section starting with . It is recommended that   is the same as the name given in the repo_name file.
 * Attributes are specified in  format.

Attributes supported in the default section

 * Specifies main repository.
 * Specifies main repository.


 * Makes all repositories inherit eclasses from the specified repositories. Setting this attribute is generally not recommended since resulting changes in eclass inheritance may trigger performance issues due to invalidation of metadata cache.
 * The, and  tools ignore this parameter by default as their operations are generally not site-specific (their operations are focused on the global, non-customized aspects of portage and the Gentoo repository). This behavior can be overruled by setting.
 * The, and  tools ignore this parameter by default as their operations are generally not site-specific (their operations are focused on the global, non-customized aspects of portage and the Gentoo repository). This behavior can be overruled by setting.


 * Specifies names of attributes, which should be forcefully respected by, , and . Valid values: ,  , and.
 * Specifies names of attributes, which should be forcefully respected by, , and . Valid values: ,  , and.

Custom repository
For further information see the custom repository article.

repos.conf as a single file
For an example of as a monolithic file, run this command and search for the  section:

Listing repositories
To see a compact list of repositories, sorted by ascending priority numbers and formatted for easy reading:

To see a detailed list of repositories, without any formatting:

External resources

 * Portage Sync news announcement (2015-02-04)
 * rsync.gentoo.org rsync modules: gentoo-repo-changelog added, gentoo-x86-portage & gentoo-sec discontinued.