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On Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:35:16 -0400 |
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Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> 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, |
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> >>>> then I don't think I want to move it - I generally never change |
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> >>>> defaults unless 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 |
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> >>> somewhere else, 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 |
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> >> rest? 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, |
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> is 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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> I know that it is probably trivial, but I like to read official docs |
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> for things like this... |
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> Thanks again... |
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Hi, |
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I haven't kept up with documentation but moving portage is |
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fairly straightforward. |
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Here's how I'd do it: |
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mkdir /var/portage |
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chown portage:portage /var/portage |
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rsync -aHx /usr/portage/ /var/portage/ #add flags if using ext attr. |
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edit /etc/make.conf |
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PORTDIR="/var/portage" |
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DISTDIR=${PORTDIR}/distfiles |
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PKGDIR=${PORTDIR}/packages |
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edit /etc/portage/repos.conf/* accordingly |
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change default profile with eselect profile list |
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or manually link /etc/make.profile to the correct path |
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emerge --sync |
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when everything is working ok clean /usr/portage |
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Hope i was helpful, |
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netixen |
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