/etc/portage
/etc/portage is the primary configuration directory for Portage, Gentoo's package manager.
This article can be used as a quick reference for commonly used files in the Portage configuration directory. For a complete list, see the Portage man page.
Some of these file names are simply optional (e.g. eselect-repo.conf) or conventional, and may vary.
/etc/portage
├── bashrc
├── binrepos.conf
├── categories
├── color.map
├── env
│ └── ...
├── license_groups
├── make.conf
├── make.profile
│ └── ...
├── mirrors
├── modules
├── package.accept_keywords
├── package.env
├── package.license
├── package.mask
├── package.properties
├── package.unmask
├── package.use
├── patches
│ └── ...
├── postsync.d
│ └── ...
├── profile
│ ├── use.mask
│ ├── package.use.mask
│ └── package.provided
├── repo.postsync.d
│ └── ...
├── repos.conf
│ ├── eselect-repo.conf
│ ├── gentoo.conf
│ ├── local.conf
│ └── ...
├── savedconfig
│ └── ...
└── sets
See also
- Repository format — A quick reference to Gentoo ebuild repository (overlay) format.
- /var/db/repos/gentoo — the default path for the Gentoo ebuild repository, as configured in the location setting in the /usr/share/portage/config/repos.conf file.