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On 12/17/2012 02:19 AM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: |
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> Currently we put portage into /usr/portage and all related stuff is to |
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> be in the subfolders there (distfiles, binpkg). |
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> I've always myself override these defaults in make.conf to point for |
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> /var/portage/ (not /var/lib because I never bothered enough how to |
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> make world and config files to be put elsewhere :P). |
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> The only reason why we have this currently in usr is that bsd ports |
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> put their stuff in there and I suppose Daniel just did the same. |
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> With respect to reality how stuff is done in the linux land all the |
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> variable data should be in /var so we should adjust and move it in |
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> there too. |
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> What would you think? |
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I like the idea. As noted in bug #378603 [1], I'd like the portage |
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ebuild to ensure that the locations don't unexpectedly change for |
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existing installs. |
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Will it break catalyst? If so, we might begin the migration by fixing |
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catalyst and having to set the new default locations in the make.conf |
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that it generates. |
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[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378603#c1 |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |