Re: [gentoo-dev] New PKGDIR=$PORTDIR/packages/$CHOST

[Ned Ludd]

On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 13:33, Ned Ludd wrote:
> Would anybody object to making the default PKGDIR be
> $PORTDIR/packages/$CHOST ?
>
> CCHOST would even be ideal, but this variable is never set to CHOST in
> the global scope if not cross compiling.
>
> The idea here is that we would keep packages of diff CHOST's from
> overwriting each other when the same CPU is used to stage for more than
> one CHOST while using mount --bind /usr/portage $CHROOTDIR/usr/portage
> (x86-64 building x86-32 packages for example)


Great... no objections! Next step is to having somebody make an
announcement in the GWN so that those of you using a $BINHOST that 
missed this thread will expect this change coming as it's a profile 
change.

After this we can start planing for our package binary format(s) 2.0 ;-]

Don't you just love it!

-- 
Ned Ludd <solar@g.o>
Gentoo (hardened,security,infrastructure,embedded,toolchain) Developer