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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> So it's probably a user exercise? |
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It already is a user exercise. A stage3 doesn't even contain the |
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/usr/portage directory - you manually create it per the handbook (or |
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more likely let tar/etc do it for you. |
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I also would like to see distfiles moved. Ideally the package tree |
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should be a perfect copy of what is on the rsync mirrors. It seems a |
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bit odd to stick other stuff in there, which needs special treatment |
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as a result. |
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To the extent that this isn't already supported, portage should simply |
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let you set the location in make.conf. |
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I'd also suggest at least considering how paludis handles this. They |
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just have a directory containing config file per repository, with a |
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priority setting. The portage tree is just another overlay, which is |
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a good way to handle it. The sync mechanism handles the main tree |
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identically to overlays as a result, though you can specify what to |
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sync. |
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Rich |
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