>>>>> On Mon, 9 Jul 2018, Rich Freeman wrote: > I'd also consider /var/cache here as well. FHS specifically suggests > using it for web caches and the like (let's set aside the issue with > making that global), though for the most part it is more metadata > caching. A key principle is that it can be wiped without loss of > data, and I think that is generally true for the repository since it > can be synced.
I don't think that criterium is fulfilled, because you cannot easily restore the previous state after it's been wiped. At least not when syncing from a rsync mirror (which may have been updated in the mean time). Also Portage doesn't treat it likea a cache, i.e. it doesn't start to fetch ebuilds from remote if it doesn't find them in the local tree. Ulrich
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