portupd is a python extension for portage
it is a daemon that at a given interval will
synchronize the remote portage tree with the
local one. Future plans are to extend it to
notify the user in the case of updates.


Read INSTALL for installation information

start daemon with

/etc/init.d/portupd start

stop with

/etc/init.d/portupd stop

restart with

/etc/init.d/portupd stop

If you want to run this service when your computer starts
add it to the default runlevel with

rc-update add portupd default