Handbook Talk:Parts/Portage/CustomTree

Broken link to "Overlays Users' Guide"
I would replace the old broken link: https://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml ... by a suitable working link: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Overlays/User_Guide -- SebastianSchmid (talk) 17:53, 4 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Done by Maffblaster. - dcljr (talk) 22:11, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Without an operator
In the Using Portage with self-maintained software section, there is a note that "This is a file that uses versions without an operator."

Might be a good idea to specify "without an = operator." (add equals sign). This confused me a bit when I first saw it. - dcljr (talk) 22:08, 17 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Sure. Done. :) --Maffblaster (talk) 22:41, 17 July 2017 (UTC)

Location of custom repository
The location for custom repository should be updated according to Change /usr/portage council approved locations (bug 378603)

--Charles17 (talk) 05:22, 4 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Fixed now. Thank you, Charles! --Maffblaster (talk) 17:44, 5 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Almost fixed. Each repo in  should have its own directory.  What about adding one for ? --Charles17 (talk) 17:54, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

package.provided atoms with dash, but blank version?
As seen at Handbook:Parts/Portage/CustomTree, it suggests using lines in  that includes a dash/hyphen  at the end. A brief read of  (search for "package.provided" and jump down until you see the format explanation) shows that it requires a version, and makes no note of an empty version (with dash) meaning something:

Format: - comments begin with # (no inline comments) - one DEPEND atom per line - relational operators are not allowed - must include a version

Example: sys-kernel/development-sources-2.6.7
 * 1) you take care of the kernel

x11-libs/qt-3.3.0
 * 1) you installed your own special copy of QT

x11-base/xorg-x11-6.8
 * 1) you have modular X but packages want monolithic

Is the user meant to append the real version to these lines, or is there special behavior that's undocumented? Thanks for reading. --Spork kitty (talk) 17:05, 14 July 2019 (UTC)


 * This is meant to be filled in on the arch pages by a variable. Anything in Handbook:Parts is not meant to be taken at face value and never to be linked only transcluded. --Grknight (talk) 17:26, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

Mark changes for translation
Please mark all changes on this page for translation. A year ago, since the location of the repositories was changed to /var/db/

Quilosaq (talk) 11:37, 17 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Done! --Maffblaster (talk) 06:26, 26 October 2021 (UTC)