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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Add `jauhien` overlay: **layman -a jauhien**. Emerge g-sorcery: **emerge -va g-sorcery**. -Currently two backends are available: **gs-elpa** and **gs-ctan**. +Currently 3 backends are available: **gs-elpa**, **gs-pypi** and **gs-ctan**. Here is an example of using gs-elpa backend. @@ -60,12 +60,22 @@ There are two ways of using **gs-elpa**: * use it with **layman** -In this case all you need to do is install **layman-9999**, **g-sorcery** -and **gs-elpa**. Then you should just run `layman -L` as +In this case all you need to do is install **layman-9999** and **g-sorcery**. +Then you should just run `layman -L` as root and find an overlay you want. Type of overlay will be displayed as *g-sorcery*. Then you add this overlay as usual. It's all you need to do and it's the recommended way of -using **gs-elpa**. +using **g-sorcery**. + +Using **g-sorcery** with layman you can populate overlay only with packages you want. +To do so you should add a section named [BACKEND] (BACKEND here is the name of backend used for +your repo). In this section you can add entries named REPO_packages (REPO here is the name +of repository you want to add) which are space separated list of packages you need. ebuilds for +dependencies will be generated automatically if backend supports this possibility. + +Note, that some overlays may depend on other overlays, in this case you'll need to add those +dependencies first. + * use it as stand-alone tool @@ -88,6 +98,17 @@ Emerge any package from it, e.g. **emerge -va clojure-mode** +To generate only ebuilds we need such a */etc/g-sorcery/g-sorcery.cfg* file can be used: + +``` +[main] +package_manager=portage + +[gs-elpa] +marmalade_packages = clojure-mode clojurescript-mode +``` + + **Generating user ebuilds in user overlay** Create new user overlay. Run @@ -106,6 +127,6 @@ Repositories you can use are gnu-elpa, marmalade and melpa. You can use them all in one overlay. Note, that if you call **generate-tree** command your overlay will be wiped and overlay tree for a given repository will be generated. Be careful! -See man pages of **gs-elpa** and **gs-ctan** for further information. +See man pages of **gs-elpa**, **gs-pypi** and **gs-ctan** for further information. If you want to develop a new backend see [developer's instructions](https://github.com/jauhien/g-sorcery/blob/master/docs/developer_instructions.rst). |