sakaki-tools-hjkl Gentoo Overlay

Overlay containing buildkernel-hjkl ebuild, required for the tutorial "Sakaki's EFI Install Guide" on the Gentoo wiki.

List of ebuilds

sys-kernel/buildkernel source
- Provides a script (buildkernel(8)) to build a (stub EFI) kernel (with integral initramfs) suitable for booting from a USB key on UEFI BIOS PCs. Automatically sets the necessary kernel configuration parameters, including the command line, and signs the resulting kernel if possible (for secure boot). Has a interactive and non-interactive (batch) mode. Manpages for the script and its configuration file (/etc/buildkernel.conf) are included.

Installation

As of version >= 2.2.16 of Portage, sakaki-tools-hjkl is best installed (on Gentoo) via the new plug-in sync system. Full instructions are provided on the Gentoo wiki.

The following are short form instructions. If you haven't already installed git(1), do so first:

# emerge --ask --verbose dev-vcs/git

Next, create a custom /etc/portage/repos.conf entry for the sakaki-tools-hjkl overlay, so Portage knows what to do. Make sure that /etc/portage/repos.conf exists, and is a directory. Then, fire up your favourite editor:

# vim /etc/portage/repos.conf/sakaki-tools-hjkl.conf

and put the following text in the file:

[sakaki-tools-hjkl]
 
# buildkernel-hjkl ebuild for Gentoo on EFI
# Maintainer: hijackeel (hijackeel@posteo.net)
 
location = /usr/local/portage/sakaki-tools-hjkl
sync-type = git
sync-uri = https://github.com/hijackeel/sakaki-tools-hjkl.git
priority = 50
auto-sync = yes

Then run:

# emaint sync --repo sakaki-tools-hjkl

If you are running on the stable branch by default, allow ~amd64 keyword files from this repository. Make sure that /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords exists, and is a directory. Then issue:

# echo "*/*::sakaki-tools-hjkl ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/sakaki-tools-hjkl-repo

Now you can install packages from the overlay. For example:

# emerge --ask --verbose sys-kernel/buildkernel

Maintainers

hijackeel