ср, 16 дек. 2020 г. в 16:55, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org>: > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:45 AM gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than > > /usr/portage is still welcomed. :) > > > > There is a lengthy discussion on gentoo-dev on this, and my personal > first choice didn't win. :) > > There is little dispute that /var makes more sense than /usr other > than legacy reasons. /usr is generally used for static data - on some > distros it might even be read-only, a squashfs, signed using crypto, > and so on. On a rolling release distro like Gentoo it might get > changed often by updates, but other than system updates nothing in it > should change. On a more release-based distro only security updates > or major releases would touch it. > > /var on the other hand is used for application data and other things > that change all the time. That includes things like databases, which > the Gentoo repo basically is. Mail spools, print spools, caches, and > so on all go on there. > > FHS formalizes all this stuff. > > Now, where exactly in /var it goes is more a matter of debate. > /var/db is not specified in FHS, but it is used by FreeBSD which I > think was one of the selling points. Personally I stick it in > /var/cache as (IMO) it just contains a local copy of a repository that > is entirely stored elsewhere. Some would certainly disagree with > that. I think /var/lib would be an alternative place that keeps more > to FHS. > > However, moving it out of /usr was a move with near-universal support. > And you can really put it anywhere you want by editing one line in > your portage config. I don't think the directory even exists in the > base install - it gets created the first time you sync so it is > entirely user-configurable.
Ok, thank you for the explanation.
