Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
>
>> On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
>>> The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
>
>> I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem
>> Hierarchy Standard:
>
>>   http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
>
> Wrong standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the
> PMS for /var/db/pkg/.
>
>> I would prefer something that blends with FHS.
>
> Is this important for a Gentoo specific directory?
>
>    /var/db/portage/         PORTDIR
>    /var/db/layman/          layman storage
>    /var/db/pkg/             VDB (no change)
>    /usr/local/portage/      local overlays (no change)
>    /var/cache/distfiles/    DISTDIR
>    /var/cache/packages/     PKGDIR
>
> Alternatively, the last two could be under
> /var/cache/portage/{distfiles,packages}/.

Query that's been percolating in my mind...how much of this is
specific to Gentoo, and how much has strong overlap with closely
related distros like Sabayon and Funtoo?

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