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I assume the reason that portage is in /usr and db/pkg is in |
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/var is that that is where FreeBSD puts ports and db/pkg. |
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Of course FreeBSD doesn't have any reason to worry about |
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FHS compliance. Since I am compulsive about having up to |
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date versions of everything I mount /usr rw, so this is not |
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an issue for me personally. |
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> Chris Moore wrote: [Sat Feb 2 2002, 3:42:32AM EST] |
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> > Move the portage package ebuild filetree from /usr/portage to |
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> > /var/lib/portage ( See 5.8.3 +-<pkgtool> and cross reference the |
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> > purposes of the /usr hierarchy with the purpose of /var which is |
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> > summarized as follows: /usr's purpose is shareable read-only data |
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> > (ebuilds are updated!) /var's purpose is sharable/unsharable DYNAMIC |
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> > application data (such as the ebuild dirtree) and /var/lib has the |
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> > specific option for the package tool's dynamic data) |
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> |
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> I'm not sure that the ebuild dirtree should be considered 'dynamic'. |
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> The only time it *needs* to be updated (written) is shortly before doing |
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> a merge. Since the merge is going to be going around writing stuff in |
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> the /usr tree anyway, updating /usr/portage doesn't seem that bad. I |
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> haven't settled on a personal opinion yet, so I'm mostly playing devil's |
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> advocate here. |
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> |
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> Consider a normal case where /usr is actually mounted r/o, such as on a |
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> local network of machines where most of the machines mount /usr |
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> read-only from a remote file server. In this case, none of these |
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> subordinate machines would need to update /usr/portage. If you wanted |
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> to install new software, you would do so on the file server where |
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> /usr/bin, /usr/lib, /usr/portage, etc. are all mounted r/w, and |
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> therefore you could do the 'emerge rsync' as well package merges. |
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> Now that I think about it, this same argument would apply to |
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> /var/db/pkg, though, so I guess to be consistant the two (/usr/portage |
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> and /var/db/pkg) should be in the same place. Do they both belong in |
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> /usr? |
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> |
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> --Chouser |
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John Stalker |
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