Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving default location of portage tree

[Ulrich Mueller]

>>>>> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018, Rich Freeman wrote:

> I'd also consider /var/cache here as well.  FHS specifically suggests
> using it for web caches and the like (let's set aside the issue with
> making that global), though for the most part it is more metadata
> caching.  A key principle is that it can be wiped without loss of
> data, and I think that is generally true for the repository since it
> can be synced.

I don't think that criterium is fulfilled, because you cannot easily
restore the previous state after it's been wiped. At least not when
syncing from a rsync mirror (which may have been updated in the mean
time).

Also Portage doesn't treat it likea a cache, i.e. it doesn't start to
fetch ebuilds from remote if it doesn't find them in the local tree.

Ulrich