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On 03/27/2012 03:05 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> All, |
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> I know this has come up before, but I don't really recall what the |
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> specific objections were. |
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> IMO the portage directory doesn't belong under /usr at all. I was |
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> chatting with another developer who uses |
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> /var/cache/portage/{tree,distfiles}, and I'm thinking about |
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> switching my default setup to do this. |
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> I realize that historically the portage tree has been installed |
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> under /usr, but Can we consider changing this default for new |
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> installations and providing instructions for users for how to get |
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> the portage tree out of /usr? William |
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So, we're all getting way off topic and discussing reorganizing the |
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whole enchilada. |
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How about we all agree or disagree on the primary point: The Portage |
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tree doesn't belong in /usr. |
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I believe that it does belong under /var/cache/. |
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We can go a bit further and make it /var/cache/gentoo-repos/portage/. |
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That way Layman and friends can all make the move there quite simply |
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without major infrastructure changes. |
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The Portage PMS on it's next release would just do a 'mkdir |
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/var/cache/gentoo-repos/portage/ && sync && rm -rf /usr/portage && |
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echo "Portage has moved"' on its next 'emerge --sync' while still |
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looking in both locations for packages. |
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(After looking at overlays, if /usr/portage exists, check there first, |
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if not found look in /var/cache/gentoo-repos/). |
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Other PMSs can then continue to use /usr/portage until they catch up. |
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It also allows 'emerge --sync' on older versions of the Portage PMS or |
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whatever the other PMSs use to continue working without breaking |
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everything. |
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We can continue forward with restructuring the tree in later stages, |
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but we can't move the tree and break compatibility in one go. There |
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must be stages to the restructuring. The first step is moving it to |
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the proper top/sub level directory. |
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So, I'm proposing we use /var/cache/gentoo-repos/portage/ as the |
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location of the official tree. |
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- - Aaron |
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