Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
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: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 08:11:37
Message-Id: 20131003091122.1fe1d5f5@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Re: separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 by joost@antarean.org
1 On Thu, 03 Oct 2013 07:48:59 +0200, joost@××××××××.org wrote:
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3 > >On 01/10/2013 20:48, Neil Bothwick wrote:
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5 > >> I installed a VM a couple of weeks ago and I'm sure portage was still
6 > >> in /usr. It's easy enough to tell, unpack a stage 3 and see where the
7 > >> portage directory lives, but the handbook still refers to
8 > >/usr/portage.
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10 > You always grab the latest stage3?
11 > I generally make a copy of an exiating up-to-date system and use that.
12 >
13 > That works best as they all use NFS and set of links for portage.
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15 Not always, but this time I wanted a vanilla install to try out systemd.
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19 Neil Bothwick
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21 It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning
22 to others.

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