>>>>> On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote: > On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: >> The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
> I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem > Hierarchy Standard: > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY Wrong standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the PMS for /var/db/pkg/. > I would prefer something that blends with FHS. Is this important for a Gentoo specific directory? /var/db/portage/ PORTDIR /var/db/layman/ layman storage /var/db/pkg/ VDB (no change) /usr/local/portage/ local overlays (no change) /var/cache/distfiles/ DISTDIR /var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR Alternatively, the last two could be under /var/cache/portage/{distfiles,packages}/. Ulrich
