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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2021 08:34:18
Message-Id: 20210227083402.30df4008@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What is the best way forward? - Update 1 by Grant Taylor
1 On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 00:47:04 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote:
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3 > The ebuild and what looks like additional metadata files are in the
4 > /var/db/pkg directory tree. But the source files aren't in the tree.
5 > At least not for the example package I looked at.
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7 That's right, the source files are in $DISTDIR, unless you have cleaned
8 it. /var/db/pkg contains all the information portage needs about the
9 installed software.
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13 Neil Bothwick
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15 Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"

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