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July 27, 2018 4:07 PM, "William Hubbs" <williamh@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:32:17AM +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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>> So, considering all the feedback from mailing list and IRC: |
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>> /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo |
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>> /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/distfiles |
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>> /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/binpkgs |
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>> Open question: Should we have the additional "gentoo" path component |
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>> for the ones in /var/cache? The tradeoff is between a path that is |
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>> easier to type, or slightly easier usage if someone wants to NFS mount |
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>> distfiles and binpkgs. |
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> Section 5.5.2 describes the directory structure of /var/cache. These |
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> paths are all optional [1]. |
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> /var/cache/fonts |
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> /var/cache/man |
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> /var/cache/www |
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> /var/cache/<package> |
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> Gentoo isn't a package, so I don't think /var/cache/gentoo/* is |
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> appropriate. Here is my proposal: |
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> /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo |
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> /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache/portage/distfiles |
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> /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache/portage/binpkgs |
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> I'm not 100% comfortable with /var/db, but I don't have any better |
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> suggestion either. |
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> William |
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> [1] http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#varcacheApplicationCacheData |
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From the same source |
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"No other requirements are made on the data format of the cache directories." |
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And as you have quoted it, everything under /var/cache is optional. |
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So anything which doesn't conflict with another package seems fine according to FHS. |
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Corentin “Nado” Pazdera |
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