On Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:11:45 +0200 Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/08/2015 23:29, James Le Cuirot wrote: > > Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> writes: > >> > >> On 10 Aug 2015 09:17, Michał Górny wrote: > >>> Dnia 2015-08-10, o godz. 02:42:21 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): > >>>> On 10 Aug 2015 08:28, Justin (jlec) wrote: > >>>>> I like to propose to add the md5-cache into it. Which other > >>>>> files are of interest? > >>>> > >>>> /distfiles/ > >>>> /local/ > >>>> /packages/ > >>> > >>> Those directories should not be ignored. Those should not exist > >>> for a long time. > >> > >> there's no reason people can't use these on their own system. > >> there's no reason they should be added to the git repo which means, > >> if a user opted to utilize them, they should be ignored. > > > > I agree and I'm not sure what mgorny is basing his statement on > > anyway. Apart from /local/, which I forget the purpose of, the > > default locations for DISTDIR and PKGDIR still seem to > > be /usr/portage/distfiles and /usr/portage/packages. I must admit > > that I'm struggling to find the logic for this in Portage but those > > are the defaults nonetheless. So why would they not exist? I'm > > certainly using them here and I would like to see them > > in .gitignore. > > /usr/portage/local was the original location for the user's own > personal ebuild space - an "overlay" if you will. > /usr/portage/distfiles and /usr/portage/packages are there because > that's where ports has put them for decades, and no-one has gotten > around to changing it in portage yet. FreeBSD defines the use of /usr > very differently to what Linux users are used to. > > Those dirs really should be in /var/portage, and the user's overlay > has no business being under main tree itself I didn't say they were the most appropriate locations and I agree that /var/portage is best but that doesn't change the fact that they are still the defaults. :) -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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