Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:23:07
Message-Id: 20121220181937.74d1d319@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:44:06 +0100
2 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
3 > There's no good reason for nesting it so deeply. As it is proposed
4 > above, /var/cache/portage would contain only two subdirectories, and
5 > /var/cache/portage/repositories only a single "gentoo" on a stable
6 > system. Also /var/cache itself isn't overpopulated; I count about ten
7 > entries on my systems.
8
9 You really think most people don't have to use overlays?
10
11 > We should go with a shorter (easier to remember, easier to type) path
12 > and move things at least one level up. Two would be even better.
13
14 You shouldn't ever be typing that path in...
15
16 --
17 Ciaran McCreesh

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>