layman integration

If you use layman to sync your repositories you can simply add this repository to the supported list. Add the file support/layman.xml to the overlays section of /etc/layman/layman.conf for example:

overlays  : http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/overlays/layman-global.txt
            file:///var/lib/repos/jnrowe-misc/support/layman.xml

Then you can add the overlay using layman:

# layman -a jnrowe-misc

To sync the repository you can use layman directly, either syncing just this overlay or all your overlays at once:

# layman -s jnrowe-misc # Sync just jnrowe-misc
# layman -S # or sync all layman managed overlays

Or if you're an eix user you can use eix-sync to update the repositories and the eix database at the same time, first tell eix-sync to update the repository:

# echo "jnrowe-misc" >>/etc/eix-sync.conf # Sync just jnrowe-misc
# echo "*" >>/etc/eix-sync.conf # or sync all layman managed overlays

Finally, use eix-sync to update the specified repositories and eix package database.