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From: "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:11:18
Message-Id: 50D87E47.8020704@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories? by "Diego Elio Pettenò"
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4 On 12/24/2012 09:00 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
5 > On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
6 >> This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
7 >> queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing.
8 >
9 > Not sure how /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh.
10 >
11 "Application cache data. Such data are locally generated as a result of
12 time-consuming I/O or calculation. The application must be able to
13 regenerate or restore the data. The cached files can be deleted without
14 loss of data."
15
16 No sure how it doesn't...
17
18 Binpackages are really essentially cache created by portage through
19 time-consuming I/O and calculation (compiling) and can easily be
20 regenerated locally. Plus, you can delete all of this and the system is
21 still functional.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories? Michael Hampicke <gentoo-dev@××××.biz>