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On Thu, 10 May 2007 01:01:32 +0200, Bo Ørsted Andresen wrote: |
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> > I do have a separate /usr, but do not mount it readonly, as I --sync |
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> > enough to make remounting it daily rather annoying. |
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> Congratulations! You've just explained why PORTDIR defaulting |
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> to /usr/portage is stupid. The logical location for the tree would be |
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> on /var ... :) |
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Except that running emerge --sync without following it with emerge |
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--update is rather pointless, and that would require /usr to be mounted |
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rw wherever $PORTDIR was. |
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I do agree that /var is a far more logical location. |
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