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