Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var

[Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina]

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On 12/20/2012 11:16 AM, Michael Mol wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Ian Stakenvicius <axs@g.o> wrote:
> On 20/12/12 10:37 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> /var/cache/repositories/ /var/cache/repositories/gentoo   <==
>>>>>> the main portage tree /var/cache/repositories/local    <== the
>>>>>> new location for a local overlay
>>>>>> /var/cache/repositories/some-overlay  <== layman installed
>>>>>> overlay
>>>>
>>>> My idea for having all repos under one directory is to make it
>>>> easier for a pkg manager to simply scan the directory to know all
>>>> installed overlays.  Currently each one has to be listed in a
>>>> configured variable in make.conf.  So if you wanted your local
>>>> overlay somewhere else, then a symlink would work (provided the PM
>>>> can/will autoscan repos), or add it to the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable
>>>> (current behavior).  I don't otherwise have a strong desire for it
>>>> to be there.
>>>>
>>>> If and only if the tree and all overlays (not other directories)
>>>> are not under one directory, then an autoscan cannot easily
>>>> happen.
>>>>
>
>
> You could do this while not having the portage tree be in that
> directory.  IE, portage goes in /var/cache/portage , and all the
> overlays go into /var/cache/repositories.
>
> The tree is separate enough IMO that autoscan can still happen easily,
> and also I believe that it can be assumed that the tree is in place.
> For instance, if the tree's location is defined to be elsewhere, it
> isn't done so via PORTDIR_OVERLAYS but rather PORTDIR.
>
>
> On an unrelated note, I would never treat my "local" overlays as
> cache.  Ebuilds that (as a user) I wrote and installed by hand are not
> likely to be kept in a repository someplace, but rather the overlay
> dir would most likely be it's only location.  IIRC the reason for
> /usr/portage/local/ was to have a path within the portage tree that
> rsync wouldn't kill; given that what you're suggesting is already not
> under the proposed portage tree location, emerge --sync couldn't touch
> it, and so I don't see a need at all to provide a 'local' repository
> destination by default.
>
>>
>
> It's sounding like the nearly the optimal solution would be:
>
> /var/cache/portage/distfiles
> /var/cache/portage/repositories/gentoo
> /var/cache/portage/repositories/{sunrise,kde,gnome,whatever,layman,grabs}
> /var/db/portage/repositories/{non-cache,repo,names,go,here}

Not to oversimplify but why exactly can't we leave /usr/local/portage
where it is? I'm not going to want to cd
/var/db/portage/repositories/local every time I want to edit a local
ebuild...

- -ZC
>
> Clearly, some data in question needs to be treated as persistent, and
> others can be treated as cache. So it should probably be divided up
> that way. The placement of tree and overlays as subfolders of the same
> folder strikes me as appropriate, too.
>
> The only thing I can't see an elegant workaround for are how to avoid
> or handle repo name collisions between
> /var/cache/portage/repositories/* and /var/db/portage/repositories/*
>
> --
> :wq
>
>

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