Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

[Michael Mol]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenň wrote:
>
>>> /var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR
>
>> Maybe /var/spool/binpkgs ?
>
> This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
> queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing.

Then treat it like garbage collection. Some maintenance action could
go through and remove the files which aren't fetch-restricted. Portage
could do this at the end of its cycle, or it could be set up as a cron
job, or it could require a manual maintenance step.


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