On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 10:05 AM Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I would like to create an acct-user package for the 'portage' user, > but I'm having trouble deciding on a home directory. > > baselayout currently sets it to /var/tmp/portage, and this just seems > like a bad idea to me. I'm pretty sure we have a QA policy against > installing files there anyway.
Agreed. Many people would like to put /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs. If the portage user needs any persistent configuration (like an ssh key) putting its home on tmpfs would be difficult.
