sabayonuser@localhost ~ $ nano -w /etc/make.conf
sabayonuser@localhost ~ $ nano -w /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
sabayonuser@localhost ~ $ su
Password:
localhost sabayonuser # nano -w /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
localhost sabayonuser # su
localhost sabayonuser # mkdir -p /usr/local/portage
localhost sabayonuser # mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/games-board
localhost sabayonuser # mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/games-board/pokerth-0.5
localhost sabayonuser # cp ~/pokerth-0.5.ebuild /usr/local/portage/games-board/pokerth-0.5
cp: cannot stat `/root/pokerth-0.5.ebuild': No such file or directory
localhost sabayonuser # cp /home/sabayonuser/pokerth-0.5.ebuild /usr/local/portage/games-board/pokerth-0.5
localhost sabayonuser # nano -w /etc/portage/package.keywords
localhost sabayonuser # ebuild pokerth-0.5.ebuild digest
Appending  to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
!!!  does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
localhost sabayonuser # nano -w /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
localhost sabayonuser # ebuild /usr/local/portage/games-board/pokerth-0.5/pokerth-0.5.ebuild digest
Appending /usr/local/portage to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
!!! /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
localhost sabayonuser # nano -w /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
localhost sabayonuser # nano -w /etc/make.conf
localhost sabayonuser # ebuild /usr/local/portage/games-board/pokerth-0.5/pokerth-0.5.ebuild digest
Appending /usr/local/portage to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
!!! /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
localhost sabayonuser # nano -w /etc/make.conf
localhost sabayonuser # cd /usr/local/portage/games-board/pokerth-0.5
localhost pokerth-0.5 # ebuild *-0.5.ebuild digest
Appending /usr/local/portage to PORTDIR_OVERLAY...
!!! /usr/local/portage does not seem to have a valid PORTDIR structure.
localhost pokerth-0.5 # nano -w /etc/make.conf
localhost pokerth-0.5 #   


/usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf (have undone any changes that I made in here, thinking this is where I should put the PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" line)

PORTDIR_OVERLAY="
/usr/portage/local/layman/sabayon
/usr/portage/local/layman/einit
/usr/portage/local/layman/sunrise
$PORTDIR_OVERLAY
"

/etc/make.conf (as it stands now)

# These settings were set by the catalyst build script that automatically built this stage
# Please consult /etc/make.conf.example for a more detailed example
CFLAGS="-Os -march=i586 -mno-tls-direct-seg-refs -mmmx -m32"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,--sort-common -s"
CHOST="i586-pc-linux-gnu"
USE="-oss voice weather libao -esd amarok xine java mp3 gnutls cups ppds foomatic-db alsa \
hal gimpprint freetype gnome X gtk2 unicode moznocompose moznoirc moznomail kde qt livecd samba \
rdesktop kerberos xscreensaver pda zeroconf wifi gnokii lm_sensors ieee1394 logitech-mouse xinerama \
bluetooth irda sms postgres mysql quotas dvb nvidia  \
xprint dvd theora ogg a52 kdeenablefinal win32codecs v4l xvid network dvdread fame \
quicktime -kerberos winbind libclamav subversion php ruby sql svg ffmpeg nsplugin \
wmf 7Zip visualization accessibility css audiofile artswrappersuid musicbrainz \
gphoto2 povray scanner musepack dvdr jack new-login commercial kerberos \
mono pam_console pwdb dbus firefox acpi kqemu esd pcmcia openexr rar dri aac apache2 dlloader ldap \
fat hfs jfs xfs ntfs reiserfs cjk cdda dts imap flash jabber msn yahoo icq irc lj aim bidi rss dxr3 \
cairo sysfs xpm nptl nptlonly reiser4 gs dv lzo mjpeg mmx speex slp fftw real joystick asf xvmc mythtv v4l2 cpu$
matroska vcd libcaca sndfile plugin inkjar effects streams skins wxwindows xosd extraicons speech extramodules $
config_wizard krb4 dga lcd chm spreadsheet webservices pdf xsl ext-man ext-rtf ext-tex pascal clearcase ada gli$
gcj switch_all_desktops ipod flac exscalibar ole evo avahi stream live kdehiddenvisibility tiff usb kipi aiglx $
x264 dv lame mp3rtp udev cdr beagle dvi djvu libnotify bzip2 aalib mng startup-notification openal jingle gsm i$
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j2 -s "
PORTAGE_NICENESS="8"
FEATURES="parallel-fetch "
CONFIG_PROTECT="/usr/kde/3.5/share/config/kdm/ /etc"
VIDEO_CARDS="apm ark chips cirrus cyrix dummy fbdev fglrx glint i128 i740 i810 imstt mach64 mga neomagic nsc nv$
INPUT_DEVICES="evdev keyboard mouse acecad aiptek calcomp citron digitaledge dmc dynapro elo2300 elographics fp$
source /usr/portage/local/layman/make.conf
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=/usr/local/portage