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On 01/10/2013 14:35, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> On 2013-09-30 3:14 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> On 30/09/2013 19:25, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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>>> Alan wrote: |
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>>>> Charles wrote: |
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>>>>> But... is /usr/portage the default/recommended location? If so, then I |
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>>>>> don't think I want to move it - I generally never change defaults |
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>>>>> unless |
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>>>>> there is a very good reason to do so. |
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>>>> It's /var/portage for new installs. If you want it to be somewhere |
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>>>> else, |
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>>>> just move it and adjust make.conf |
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>>> really? so when I moved PORTDIR to /var/portage I was ahead of the rest? |
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>>> Wow... |
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>> You were ahead of me for sure :-) |
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> So... if the change from /usr/portage to /var/portage was official, is |
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> there any (official) documentation on precisely how to move it? |
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> Hmmm.... more importantly, when did this change occur? Is it possibly |
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> tied to portage 2.2? The reason I ask is, I'm still on 2.1, and man |
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> portage still has references to: |
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> /usr/portage/sets |
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> /usr/portage/metadata |
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> /usr/portage/profiles |
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> /usr/share/portage/config |
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> and man make.conf still says: |
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> PKGDIR = [path] <snip> |
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> Defaults to /usr/portage/packages. |
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> and most importantly: |
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> PORTDIR = [path] <snip> |
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> Defaults to /usr/portage. |
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> So... are you quite certain that this default has in fact changed? |
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Yes. The docs are out of date. |
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> I know that it is probably trivial, but I like to read official docs for |
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> things like this... |
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It is trivial. All that it is, is a path to where some stuff is. That's |
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all, nothing more. |
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Change this in make.conf: |
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PORTDIR="/var/portage" |
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DISTDIR="/var/distfiles" |
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PKGDIR="/var/packages" |
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move the directories to the new location and run any old emerge command |
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of your choice. If you left something out, you'll get a message on the |
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screen. |
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You can have these directories any place you want and nothing breaks by |
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moving them around. The only change is the shipped default. So there are |
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loads of this you could worry about in IT, this ain't one of 'em |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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