On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Ulrich Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> 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}/.
Query that's been percolating in my mind...how much of this is specific to Gentoo, and how much has strong overlap with closely related distros like Sabayon and Funtoo? -- :wq
