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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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But, that'd violate the spirit of usrmove! |
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Seriously, I don't have a strong opinion on it either way. It should |
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be placed in /var as a way to kind of hint that the files there |
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shouldn't be edited. |
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- - Aaron |
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