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On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 22:48, Meder Bakirov wrote: |
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> Hi all! |
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> I just wanted to ask: can we expect, in future versions of a Gentoo Linux, a |
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> move of /usr/portage to /var/portage as the most appropriate place to store |
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> frequently changing portage tree? |
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> I guess, it (Gentoo) would then suit most admins, willing to have a Gentoo |
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> Linux on their servers (I use Gentoo on my servers :-P). Because, for |
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> example, in my case, I have /usr always mounted ro (read-only) in fstab, |
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> remounting it rw (read-write) for critical updates only (when I emerge some |
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> new apps; e.g. security updates) |
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> How does it intersect with FHS (Filesystem Hierarchy Standard)? |
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> Thank you very much! |
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> With the best regards, |
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> Meder |
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> |
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> -- |
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> gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |
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You can set PORTDIR to point your portage tree wherever you like. |
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