On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:09:54 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > This seems to work OK, except for eix-update, which gives me this: > > $ eix-update > Reading Portage settings .. > Building database (/var/cache/eix/portage.eix) .. > [0] "gentoo" /var/portage/ (cache: metadata-md5-or-flat) > Reading category 162|162 (100%) Finished > [1] "" /usr/portage (cache: > parse|ebuild*#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign) Reading category > parse|162|162 (100%) EMPTY! > [...] > > Evidently something is still pointing to /usr/portage, but I can't see > what.
I've just installed a new system with the tree in /var from the outset and no /usr/portage at all, and eix behaves like this (I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out) so it may be the /usr/portage path is hard coded. This doesn't cause any problems but now you have pointed it out it is going to annoy me. -- Neil Bothwick A clean desk is a sign of a cluttered desk drawer.
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