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From: Michael Orlitzky <michael@××××××××.com>
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: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:14:43
Message-Id: 524AD8C0.5090906@orlitzky.com
In Reply to: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Re: separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 by Tanstaafl
1 On 10/01/2013 08:35 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
2 >
3 > So... if the change from /usr/portage to /var/portage was official, is
4 > there any (official) documentation on precisely how to move it?
5 >
6 > Hmmm.... more importantly, when did this change occur? Is it possibly
7 > tied to portage 2.2? The reason I ask is, I'm still on 2.1, and man
8 > portage still has references to:
9 >
10
11 Everyone agrees it should go under /var somewhere, and that the
12 distfiles shouldn't be in the tree,
13
14 http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev@l.g.o/msg54610.html
15
16 but no one location was chosen IIRC.

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