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On 2/5/11, Cedric Sodhi <manday@×××.net> wrote: |
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> There are several reasons why portage, neither the tree nor (especially |
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> not) the distfiles should reside in /usr. |
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You should note that the "portage" part is wrong as well. The path |
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should be something like /var/db/gentoo-official-tree or some such to |
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absolve the historical package manager dependence evident in the name. |
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The dependency on a single PM has been gone for a long time now. |
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Also, while we're at it, the locally installed packages' directory |
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(/var/db/pkg) isn't too informative as a name, and should also be |
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renamed, e.g., into /var/db/gentoo-installed-pkgs. |
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IIRC this or some part of this made it all the way up to the Gentoo |
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Council some years ago as it was related to Some Big & Important |
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Things about next version of PMS and package managers' behaviour. |
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I'm too lazy to pick through the Councils' notes and logs and devlist |
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archives to check if my memory serves me right and/or what the |
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resolution was. But some educated guesses could be made on the basis |
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of the fact that the tree still sits at /usr/portage. |
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I'm not holding my breath while waiting for these cosmetic changes. |
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Arttu V. |