On 08/05/2018 09:59 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote: >>>>>> 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?
Thanks, I've fixed the /var/cache/{distfiles,binpkgs} locations in v2.
>> --- 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?
Yes, but for a long time /usr/local/portage was somewhat standard, in
fact it's still mentioned here:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Custom_repository
Nowadays, repository verification will prevent that from working...
>> --- 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.
Yes, we could also say something about repository verification here. The
old defaults set a really bad example, so we needed statements like this
to steer people in the right direction.
--
Thanks,
Zac
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