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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Re: separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 18:16:22
Message-Id: 524B1155.9070809@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Re: separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 2013-10-01 10:14 AM, Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > On 10/01/2013 08:35 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
3 >>
4 >> So... if the change from /usr/portage to /var/portage was official, is
5 >> there any (official) documentation on precisely how to move it?
6 >>
7 >> Hmmm.... more importantly, when did this change occur? Is it possibly
8 >> tied to portage 2.2? The reason I ask is, I'm still on 2.1, and man
9 >> portage still has references to:
10
11 > Everyone agrees it should go under /var somewhere, and that the
12 > distfiles shouldn't be in the tree,
13 >
14 > http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev@l.g.o/msg54610.html
15 >
16 > but no one location was chosen IIRC.
17
18 ?
19
20 I'm interested in what the DEFAULTS are, ie, for a new/from scratch
21 installation.
22
23 Someone had to decide the defaults - so, what are they? Anyone?

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