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On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 23:16 -0800, Joshua Saddler wrote: |
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> On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:19:20 +0100 |
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> Tomáš Chvátal <tomas.chvatal@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > Currently we put portage into /usr/portage and all related stuff is to |
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> > be in the subfolders there (distfiles, binpkg). |
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> > I've always myself override these defaults in make.conf to point for |
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> > /var/portage/ (not /var/lib because I never bothered enough how to |
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> > make world and config files to be put elsewhere :P). |
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> > The only reason why we have this currently in usr is that bsd ports |
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> > put their stuff in there and I suppose Daniel just did the same. |
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> > With respect to reality how stuff is done in the linux land all the |
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> > variable data should be in /var so we should adjust and move it in |
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> > there too. |
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> > What would you think? |
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> do it. stick it somewhere in /var. i have a small SLC SSD just for /var and |
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> /usr/portage partitions, since those consistently incur high writes. dropping |
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> to just one partition for all that i/o would be real nice. |
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> if this proposed change is made, please make sure to contact the GDP. while we |
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> don't update things like manpages or elog announcements, we would have a ton |
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> of stuff to fix in gentoo.org/doc/en/ . also, make sure stuff is sorted out on |
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> the catalyst/releng end well in advance, so users aren't stuck with bad stages. |
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Yes, Catalyst and the portage defaults will be changed in a co-ordinated |
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manner. I've started poking around catalyst, but it has paths |
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hard-coded nearly everywhere, despite it having passed config variables |
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around most places. So, It is going to need code cleanup first. It |
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will take me some time to get familiar enough with the code before I |
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make many changes to clean it up. |
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For the documentation, primarily the install handbook, perhaps it would |
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be better to mention both locations, at least mention the old location |
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so existing and old users won't be thrown for a loop. It will also need |
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some attention in the forums where tons of threads will be |
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referencing /usr/portage. Perhaps the docs team could start |
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preparing the docs changes in a manner that will be easy to |
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search/replace with the final correct locations when that decision is |
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made. |
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And YES Diego, it won't be /var/portage or /var/repositories, we heard |
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you. |
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From my rough tracking, I believe somewhere under /var/cache was |
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majority vote. Anyway, once catalyst is ready it will be easy to set it |
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to whatever is finally decided. |
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Brian Dolbec <dolsen@g.o> |