On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Michael Higgins <li...@evolone.org> wrote: > Yes, PORTDIR default location under /usr was a totally stupid thing. > Please don't repeat it...
One thing all you /usr naggers forget is, that /var cannot be shared read-only via nfs (or bind mounts in case of virtual servers). most single-machine users probably don't care, but there is more out there than just your workstations. so putting portage into /usr is perfectly valid. The only thing that violates the FHS is that "Large software packages must not use a direct subdirectory under the /usr hierarchy." A location beneath /usr/share probably would have been more compliant. Anyway, since i'll keep my overlays in /usr/local regardless of the outcome this thread has, i don't care :) Bene
