[gentoo-user] Re: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable

[Tanstaafl]

On 2013-10-02 4:21 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
> On 2013-10-02 2:24 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
>> Ok, thanks much guys... guess I'll go with Alans layout as it makes the
>> most sense to me:
>>
>> /var/portage
>> /var/distfiles
>> /var/packages
>
> Actually, I think I like:
>
> /var/portage/tree
> /var/portage/distfiles
> /var/portage/packages

Question about permissions, and PORTDIR_OVERLAY...

I've now copied and rearranged /usr/portage, so that I have the above, 
and I also copied /usr/local/portage to /var/portage/local.

But what are the permissions supposed to be/need to be for each of these?

Currently, they are:

/var/portage/tree (portage:portage, 755)
/var/portage/distfiles (root:portage, 775)
/var/portage/packages (portage:portage, 700)
/var/portage/local (root:root, 755)

So, why are the owners and perms not the same for all of these?

Or, more importantly, should I change any of them, and if so, to what?

Thanks