Portage Overlay
From Gentoo Linux Wiki
A Portage Overlay is a way of having a second set of ebuilds for your machine; this is generally used to Install 3rd party ebuilds and is controlled in your make.conf. It can also be useful for developing new ebuilds
[edit] Relevant Links
- HOWTO Installing 3rd Party Ebuilds
- Portage Overlay Listing have a list of sites with 3rd Party Ebuilds
- HOWTO Create an Updated Ebuild
