-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/18/2012 01:38 PM, Zac Medico wrote: > On 12/17/2012 02:19 AM, Tomáš Chvátal wrote: >> Currently we put portage into /usr/portage and all related stuff is to >> be in the subfolders there (distfiles, binpkg). >> >> I've always myself override these defaults in make.conf to point for >> /var/portage/ (not /var/lib because I never bothered enough how to >> make world and config files to be put elsewhere :P). >> >> The only reason why we have this currently in usr is that bsd ports >> put their stuff in there and I suppose Daniel just did the same. >> >> With respect to reality how stuff is done in the linux land all the >> variable data should be in /var so we should adjust and move it in >> there too. >> >> What would you think? > > I like the idea. As noted in bug #378603 [1], I'd like the portage > ebuild to ensure that the locations don't unexpectedly change for > existing installs. > > Will it break catalyst? If so, we might begin the migration by fixing > catalyst and having to set the new default locations in the make.conf > that it generates. > > [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378603#c1 > Yes, it will break catalyst. However, if the folder that the portage tree goes in is still something/something/portage then it shouldn't be hard to fix.
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