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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: williamh@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] portage locations
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:12:08
Message-Id: 20110801201241.57c30d36@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] portage locations by William Hubbs
1 On Mon, 1 Aug 2011 12:49:41 -0500
2 William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > > 20K /gentoo/tmp
5 >
6 > Maybe /tmp?
7
8 /var/tmp was there for a reason. On all my systems /tmp is tmpfs, and
9 it is not suitable for larger builds.
10
11 > > 20K /gentoo/overlays
12 >
13 > This isn't on everyones system, so I think it is up to the user and
14 > what you are putting in it. Maybe /var/cache/portage/overlays?
15
16 I personally use ${PORTDIR}/local, to keep it in the same fs as
17 portdir (same file formats).
18
19 > > 639M /gentoo/portage
20 >
21 > /var/cache/portage/gentoo-portage
22
23 Doesn't fit in the definition nicely. It's more like read-only dir,
24 fitting /usr well.
25
26 > > 3.1G /gentoo/distfiles
27 >
28 > /var/cache/portage/distfiles?
29
30 +1.
31
32 > > 4.1M /gentoo/var/log
33 >
34 > /var/log/portage? They are logs so they should go where all other logs
35 > are.
36
37 And that's where they go. I don't see why are you referring to a random
38 stupid idea instead of the current state.
39
40 > > 2.7M /gentoo/packages
41 >
42 > /var/cache/portage/packages?
43
44 This one depends on a particular config, I guess. Sometimes people just
45 'cache' binpkgs, sometimes they serve 'em.
46
47 --
48 Best regards,
49 Michał Górny

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