Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

[Mick]

On Monday, 11 November 2019 13:00:20 GMT Dale wrote:
> Mickaël Bucas wrote:
> > Le lun. 11 nov. 2019 à 09:35, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> a écrit :
> >> On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25:06 GMT n952162 wrote:
> >>> I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged
> >>> everything from my old, saved world file, overnight, and its up and
> >>> running, more or less.  Then, I wanted to see what was available and
> >>> discovered, there's no /usr/portage directory! What did I do wrong?
> >>
> >> Nothing.
> >>
> >> /usr/portage has now moved to /var/db/repos/gentoo/.
> >>
> >> /usr/portage/distfiles has moved to /var/cache/distfiles/
> >>
> >> Portage will work fine with both legacy and new fs locations.
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Mick
> >
> > My two systems are currently using the old locations.
> > Is there a documentation about the way to migrate to the new locations
> > without breaking things ?
> > The profile links comes to mind but other things are probably necessary !
> >
> > Has anyone already done the migration ?
> > In this case do you have advices or warnings about it ?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Best regards
> > Mickaël Bucas
>
> Others have posted some good info but sometimes a example that is in use
> can help a lot.  Here's what is in my make.conf:
>
>
> root@fireball / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep var
> PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage/
> source /var/lib/layman/make.conf
> DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles/"
> PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages"
> PORTDIR="/var/cache/portage/tree"
> root@fireball / #
>
>
> The last three are what you need to look at.

... AND ...

the last thing (PORTDIR) is what you should no longer have specified in /etc/
portage/make.conf, but in /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf:

$ grep location /etc/portage/repos.conf/gentoo.conf
#location = /usr/portage          <==legacy portage fs location
location = /var/db/repos/gentoo

HTH.
-- 
Regards,

Mick