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From: Philippe Coulonges <cphil@×××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/portage --> /var/portage
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 09:12:14
Message-Id: 20040115101208.37fcdd76.cphil@cphil.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] /usr/portage --> /var/portage by Meder Bakirov
1 Le Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:48:24 +0500
2 Meder Bakirov <bakirov@××××××××.kg> écrivait :
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4 > in my case, I have /usr always mounted ro (read-only) in fstab,
5 > remounting it rw (read-write) for critical updates only (when I emerge
6 > some new apps; e.g. security updates)
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8 Do you mean that you frequently rsync your portage tree just for fun on
9 your servers ?
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11 I don't see why portage should change in a context where you don't
12 intend to upgrade. And if you upgrade, you'll have to mount your /usr rw
13 anyway.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] /usr/portage --> /var/portage Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <jbms@g.o>