>>>>> On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, Zac Medico wrote:
> --- a/cnf/make.conf.example
> +++ b/cnf/make.conf.example
> [...]
> @@ -119,16 +119,16 @@
> # fetched on demand for a given build. If you would like to
> # selectively prune obsolete files from this directory, see
> # eclean from the gentoolkit package. Note that locations under
> -# /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage. See the
> +# /var/db/repos/gentoo are not necessarily safe for data storage. See the
> # PORTDIR documentation for more information.
> -#DISTDIR=/usr/portage/distfiles
> +#DISTDIR=/var/db/repos/gentoo/distfiles
Shouldn't this be /var/cache/distfiles ...
> #
> # PKGDIR is the location of binary packages that you can have created
> # with '--buildpkg' or '-b' while emerging a package. This can get
> # up to several hundred megs, or even a few gigs. Note that
> -# locations under /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data
> +# locations under /var/db/repos/gentoo are not necessarily safe for data
> # storage. See the PORTDIR documentation for more information.
> -#PKGDIR=/usr/portage/packages
> +#PKGDIR=/var/db/repos/gentoo/packages
... and /var/cache/binpkgs?
> --- a/lib/portage/cache/flat_hash.py
> +++ b/lib/portage/cache/flat_hash.py
> @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class database(fs_template.FsBased):
> # Only recurse 1 deep, in order to
> avoid iteration over
> # entries from another nested cache
> instance. This can
> # happen if the user nests an overlay
> inside
> - # /usr/portage/local as in bug #302764.
> + # /var/db/repos/gentoo/local as in bug
> #302764.
Shouldn't a local overlay be in /var/db/repos/local, but never inside
of the gentoo repo?
> --- a/man/make.conf.5
> +++ b/man/make.conf.5
> @@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ Use the \fBPORTAGE_RO_DISTDIRS\fR variable to specify
> one or
> more read-only directories containing distfiles.
>
> Note
> -that locations under /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage.
> +that locations under /var/db/repos/gentoo are not necessarily safe for data
> storage.
IMHO this statement should be made much stronger.
> See the \fBPORTDIR\fR documentation for more information.
> .br
> -Defaults to /usr/portage/distfiles.
> +Defaults to /var/db/repos/gentoo/distfiles.
/var/cache/distfiles
> @@ -800,10 +800,10 @@ to it's category. However, for backward compatibility
> with the layout
> used by older versions of portage, if the \fI${PKGDIR}/All\fR directory
> exists then all packages will be stored inside of it and symlinks to
> the packages will be created in the category subdirectories. Note
> -that locations under /usr/portage are not necessarily safe for data storage.
> +that locations under /var/db/repos/gentoo are not necessarily safe for data
> storage.
See above.
> See the \fBPORTDIR\fR documentation for more information.
> .br
> -Defaults to /usr/portage/packages.
> +Defaults to /var/db/repos/gentoo/packages.
/var/cache/binpkgs
> --- a/man/quickpkg.1
> +++ b/man/quickpkg.1
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ modified since they were first installed.
> .br
> The packages, after being created, will be placed in \fBPKGDIR\fR.
> This variable is defined in \fBmake.conf\fR(5) and defaults to
> -/usr/portage/packages.
> +/var/db/repos/gentoo/packages.
See above.
