On Thursday 25 August 2005 11:33 am, Brian Harring wrote: > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:05:11PM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote: > > Why not create that directory in the /var/tmp/portage/package/ directory. > > It would also safeguard against packages using files that they did not > > request. Maybe in the future a similar thing could be done for patches > > (when ebuilds finally get to specify which files from the files dir they > > use) > > using $PORTAGE_TMPDIR/portage/$CATEGORY/$P/distdir atm
seems logical to me ... that way you still have to just `rm -r` one dir > Note the additional $CATEGORY dir; unless people scream, it's wise > from where I'm sitting- it avoids potential $PORTAGE_BUILDDIR > conflicts. > Yes they're unlikely, but why allow for it? well currently i override PORTAGE_TMPDIR for cross-compilers because i didnt want collisions with native toolchains in the normal tmpdir ... so adding CATEGORY makes sense i think -mike -- [email protected] mailing list
