On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 22:48, Meder Bakirov wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> I just wanted to ask: can we expect, in future versions of a Gentoo Linux, a 
> move of /usr/portage to /var/portage as the most appropriate place to store 
> frequently changing portage tree? 
> 
> I guess, it (Gentoo) would then suit most admins, willing to have a Gentoo 
> Linux on their servers (I use Gentoo on my servers :-P). Because, for 
> example, in my case, I have /usr always mounted ro (read-only) in fstab, 
> remounting it rw (read-write) for critical updates only (when I emerge some 
> new apps; e.g. security updates)
> 
> How does it intersect with FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard)?
> 
> Thank you very much!
> 
> With the best regards,
> 
> Meder
> 
> 
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You can set PORTDIR to point your portage tree wherever you like.
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