[gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook: hb-portage-diverttree.xml

["Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)" <nightmorph@gentoo.org>]

nightmorph    10/07/13 22:00:24

  Modified:             hb-portage-diverttree.xml
  Log:
  update docs to use layman instead of gensync, bug 305047

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1.15                 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-diverttree.xml

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retrieving revision 1.14
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diff -u -r1.14 -r1.15
--- hb-portage-diverttree.xml	26 Feb 2007 08:58:04 -0000	1.14
+++ hb-portage-diverttree.xml	13 Jul 2010 22:00:23 -0000	1.15
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-diverttree.xml,v 1.14 2007/02/26 08:58:04 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-portage-diverttree.xml,v 1.15 2010/07/13 22:00:23 nightmorph Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 packages and more.
 </abstract>
 
-<version>1.6</version>
-<date>2007-02-26</date>
+<version>1.7</version>
+<date>2010-07-13</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Using a Portage Tree Subset</title>
@@ -79,28 +79,33 @@
 <p>
 For the powerusers who develop on several overlays, test packages before they
 hit the Portage tree or just want to use unofficial ebuilds from various
-sources, the <c>app-portage/gentoolkit-dev</c> package brings you
-<c>gensync</c>, a tool to help you keep the overlay repositories up to date.
+sources, the <c>app-portage/layman</c> package brings you
+<c>layman</c>, a tool to help you keep the overlay repositories up to date.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-With <c>gensync</c> you can update all the repositories at once, or select just
-a few of them. Each repository should have a <path>.syncsource</path> file in
-the <path>/etc/gensync/</path> configuration directory which contains the
-repository location, name, ID, etc.
+First install and configure <c>layman</c> as shown in the <uri
+link="/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml">Overlays Users' Guide</uri>, and add your
+desired repositories with <c>layman -a &lt;overlay-name&gt;</c>.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Suppose you have two additional repositories called <c>java</c> (for the
-in-development java ebuilds) and <c>entapps</c> (for the applications developed
-in-house for your enterprise). You can update those repositories with the
-following command:
+Suppose you have two repositories called <c>java</c> (for the in-development
+java ebuilds) and <c>entapps</c> (for the applications developed in-house for
+your enterprise). You can update those repositories with the following
+command:
 </p>
 
-<pre caption="Using gensync to update a few repositories">
-# <i>gensync java entapps</i>
+<pre caption="Using layman to update all repositories">
+# <i>layman -S</i>
 </pre>
 
+<p>
+For more information on working with overlays, please read <c>man layman</c> and
+the <uri link="/proj/en/overlays/userguide.xml">layman/overlay users'
+guide</uri>.
+</p>
+
 </body>
 </subsection>
 </section>