On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 04:53:43PM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 4:13 PM Michał Górny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > W dniu pon, 09.07.2018 o godzinie 15∶11 -0500, użytkownik William Hubbs > > napisał: > > > On Mon, Jul 09, 2018 at 08:43:31PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: > > > > sys-apps/portage-mgorny has already done that. The defaults locations > > > > have been changed to: > > > > > > > > DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles" > > > > PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" > > > > RPMDIR="/var/cache/portage/rpm" > > > > > > > > Plus repositories are in /var/db/repos/<name>. This is also the layout > > > > used by eselect-repository. > > > > > > I like this idea, but slightly different; I think we should stay out of > > > /var/db. We don't want folks to go messing around in there and nuke > > > /var/db/pkg by mistake. > > > > > > > Following that reasoning, we shouldn't use /var at all because people > > might 'go messing around in there and nuke /var/* by mistake'. Or any > > directory. Our only hope is Windows where we can create P:\ and not > > worry that people might 'go messing around in there and nuke the system > > by mistake'. > > > > ++ > > Though I do prefer /var/lib or /var/cache over /var/db, simply because > /var/lib is actually in FHS.
Agreed, /var/db I guess is a Gentoo invention of some kind? William
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