Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which filesystem is more suitable for /var/tmp/portage?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:12:37
Message-Id: 2587190.4nGI9FRHp3@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] which filesystem is more suitable for /var/tmp/portage? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Wednesday 18 Sep 2013 17:09:37 Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 18/09/2013 16:05, Peter Humphrey wrote:
3 > > On Wednesday 18 Sep 2013 14:52:30 Ralf Ramsauer wrote:
4 > >> In my opinion, reiser is a bit outdated ...
5 > >
6 > > What is the significance of its date? I use reiserfs on my Atom box for
7 > > /var, /var/cache/squid and /usr/portage, and on my workstation for
8 > > /usr/portage and /home/prh/.VirtualBox. It's never given me any trouble
9 > > at all.
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13 > Circumstances have caused ReiserFS to become a high-risk scenario and
14 > even though it might perform faultlessly right now, continued use should
15 > be evaluated in terms of that very real risk.
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17 Sensible advice - thanks. I'll bear it in mind as I continue working on these
18 boxes.
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21 Regards,
22 Peter