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On 21/06/2015 19:49, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 16:09:53 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: |
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>> Interestingly, you used "var" instead of "usr". From earlier, Martin |
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>> used |
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>> "PORTAGE_PROFILE=/usr/portage/profiles/$PROFILE eix -c --system" |
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> I have PORTDIR at /var/portage. |
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portage for a long long time went in /usr/portage because that's where |
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FreeBSD put it, and drobbins was mightily enthralled by FreeBSD. |
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But it's a stupid place for it to go on Linux and most of the sane |
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technical Gentoo world agrees it really is a better fit in /var/portage. |
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However, due to a highly unlikely confluence of the phases of the moon |
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and an oddly-painted bikeshed (aquamarine with ochre polka dots), no-one |
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seems to have ever gotten around to actually fixing it once and for all |
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everywhere. |
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Bottom line: folks will see both in real life. |
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Procedure: If you have the one, and see the other, then just change the |
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top-level dir in what you see. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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