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W dniu pią, 27.07.2018 o godzinie 08∶06 -0700, użytkownik Brian Dolbec |
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napisał: |
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> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:31:15 +0200 |
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> Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> |
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> > > > > > > On Fri, 27 Jul 2018, Corentin “Nado” Pazdera wrote: |
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> > > July 27, 2018 4:07 PM, "William Hubbs" <williamh@g.o> |
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> > > wrote: |
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> > > > Section 5.5.2 describes the directory structure of /var/cache. |
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> > > > These paths are all optional [1]. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > /var/cache/fonts |
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> > > > /var/cache/man |
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> > > > /var/cache/www |
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> > > > /var/cache/<package> |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Gentoo isn't a package, so I don't think /var/cache/gentoo/* is |
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> > > > appropriate. Here is my proposal: |
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> > > > |
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> > > > /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo |
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> > > > /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache/portage/distfiles |
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> > > > /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache/portage/binpkgs |
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> > > > |
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> > > > I'm not 100% comfortable with /var/db, but I don't have any better |
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> > > > suggestion either. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > [1] |
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> > > > http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#varcacheApplicationCacheData |
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> > > From the same source |
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> > > "No other requirements are made on the data format of the cache |
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> > > directories." |
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> > > And as you have quoted it, everything under /var/cache is |
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> > > optional. |
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> > > So anything which doesn't conflict with another package seems fine |
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> > > according to FHS. |
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> > |
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> > That's how I would read it, too. We could of course invent a package |
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> > name (like "package-manager" for virtual/package-manager) but it seems |
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> > cumbersome, and I don't see any benefit of it. |
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> > |
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> > There also is /var/cache/fonts, so the FHS itself lists an example of |
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> > a directory that's not named after a specific package. |
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> > |
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> > Ulrich |
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> |
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> /var/db/repos/gentoo |
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> /var/cache/distfiles |
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> /var/cache/binpkgs |
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> |
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> Works for me, just please keep "portage" out of it, after all distfiles |
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> are not restricted to portage use only, and neither are binpkgs. There |
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> is alternate binpkg installers. |
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Well, technically speaking this specific binary package format is |
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Portage-specific. But I don't think we need to go into that kind of |
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nuances. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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