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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 16:10:39
Message-Id: 50D87DFF.1060702@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories? by Ulrich Mueller
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4 On 12/24/2012 04:08 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
5 >>>>>> On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
6 >
7 >> On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
8 >>> The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
9 >
10 >> I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem
11 >> Hierarchy Standard:
12 >
13 >> http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
14 >
15 > Wrong standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the
16 > PMS for /var/db/pkg/.
17 >
18 >> I would prefer something that blends with FHS.
19 >
20 > Is this important for a Gentoo specific directory?
21 >
22 > /var/db/portage/ PORTDIR
23 > /var/db/layman/ layman storage
24 > /var/db/pkg/ VDB (no change)
25 > /usr/local/portage/ local overlays (no change)
26 > /var/cache/distfiles/ DISTDIR
27 > /var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR
28 >
29 > Alternatively, the last two could be under
30 > /var/cache/portage/{distfiles,packages}/.
31 >
32 I am not 100% on this, but I think this is my first +1 for this thread.
33
34 +1
35
36 I really like this layout, it almost makes sense.
37 I won't be bike shedding on this topic (really don't care that much),
38 but I do really like this layout.
39
40 - -ZC
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