-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/24/2012 09:00 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer >> queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing. > > Not sure how /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh. > "Application cache data. Such data are locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or restore the data. The cached files can be deleted without loss of data."
No sure how it doesn't... Binpackages are really essentially cache created by portage through time-consuming I/O and calculation (compiling) and can easily be regenerated locally. Plus, you can delete all of this and the system is still functional. - -ZC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQ2H5HAAoJEKXdFCfdEflKoPEP/14QYZIF/mbquRFkiCnp5KCN s11qw4He6yEsgnjvMKA1CCWZ0R85G/wfVnj0DpcK83zXrP9Znbrk4Yatue/7KXaZ I/sDg5Woo1FT6Mb9EY7hgpawIS25+6xA3eRsPKIlPzBG+i43ZTM4JhDLJeTs1VSH APhkH0EXiA0H8ngCTgP9ReDXoi8KqPbMYGe/t3NVL4KalPdkDsjHeqfUG95C660f TM34UvOGBA4HpySmH+FRdsUxV+9tJtdOZFjSm/oQX5IZrzLQA5lOSHe6t8sQJnsk /b6TYncolfVpUED6y/8072S4GL+mEucf8NFIyMClpDymfILS7zFR0hEawm+UrLjm O2/0ivPHQQA/P4uwTDQzJ1KqHZAgN0lDgbSZYZ5290whypSyJoGIKfVIvSI/qjFR JOy5pCMkY9oClOqZB6s32WowKCzPipT7MPvBgotPuBoHaaMJOeW53FJadi/VEyGc qL6Uv6jn0WKJJpGrONm7LwXnYB8kVzOmqVLpGEIO1mqEX9QL71qsq/Fw1pAyqqB5 NSq1dDbKye9C7nH1xSmhzgGFTs3V+IHKAV2iwjeElhZJF/Iv2+nj/6gONpNI7279 x1Zbi7i3JM1z4EMSaV+Nt60endPeB4KnDFoPXlRLZTlyR2qcLVNVr+qAIWG3m+mM QqQCREx2n/KV/hFUUh5U =7lrq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
