On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 05:02:18 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 10 Mar 2017 11:23, Brian Dolbec wrote: > > - "distdir": "/usr/portage/distfiles", > > + "distdir": "/var/portage/distfiles", > > - "local_overlay": "/usr/local/portage", > > + "local_overlay": "/var/portage/repos/local", > > - "packagedir": "/usr/portage/packages", > > + "packagedir": "/var/portage/packages", > > - "portdir": "/usr/portage", > > + "portdir": "/var/portage/repos", > > - "repo_basedir": "/usr", > > + "repo_basedir": "/var/portage/repos", > > sticking everything under /var/portage doesn't seem like an > improvement to me. where was the discussion that ended up with these > values ? seems like it should be: > repo_basedir: /var/lib/portage/repos/ > portdir: /var/lib/portage/repos/gentoo/ > local_overlay: /var/lib/portage/repos/local/ > packagedir: /var/lib/portage/packages/ > distdir: /var/cache/portage/distfiles/ > -mike your behind the times, I changed it to /var/gentoo as the base in the pending branch. The main idea is to keep the path short as possible I think They were just temporary anyway. But that is also what work sets them under. Personally I put them under /var/db on my machine, where the vardb is stored. But lately, I pretty much just use teh git tree wich is in a subdir of my user home directory. The original email thread in -dev a few years ago never could come to any kind of consensus where the new default should be. It is going to have to be a council decision to set the new default. We'll have to send a new email to the list with the main options, try to get them to vote on their preference, just to satisfy council before they make a choice. I need to send a couple more patches to the list. But I need to get a couple things cleared up first. -- Brian Dolbec