R0b0t1 wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 11:08 PM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >> J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> Sounds like a bug. >>> All fetch restriction packages I encounter want it in your distfiles >>> folder. (Wherever you configured it to be) >>> >>> I haven't really read the text on these myself lately, so not sure if other >>> packages have the same, but I didn't notice any path other than my >>> distfiles dir. >>> >>> Most common one I have is the citrix 'icaclient'. >>> >>> -- >>> Joost >> >> Picking random post to reply to so anyone can respond to this question. >> I recall years ago there was talk of moving distfiles and such to a >> directory in /var on new installs at least. At the time, I moved mine >> to /var/cache/portage. I seem to recall that another location ended up >> being picked. Does anyone recall if the move ever did occur and if so, >> where it went? I recall reading about it but can't recall what was >> final on it or if it ended up being moved at all. >> > Do you mean /usr/portage/distfiles? > > Can we stop using Oracle's JVM? > > Cheers, > R0b0t1 > >
I think that is where they were talking about moving it from. At one point, they were discussing putting it in /var somewhere. Maybe they decided not to move it at all. I seem to recall there being a quite active and lengthy thread about it on -dev but that was years ago. I don't think my archives go back that far. Oh well. I was just curious. Mine is in /var/cache/portage/. At the time, that I think had the most support. Either way, it works for me and it can be put pretty much anywhere sensible. Thanks. Dale :-) :-)
