On 2010-03-01 1:08 PM, 7v5w7go9ub0o wrote: > So layman users choosing alternative A. now may want to add a step; > after moving the directory, put a soft link in the /usr/local/portage > pointing to the new location; i.e. > > cd /usr/local/portage; ln -s /var/lib/layman layman
Thanks, I was planning on doing the same thing and glad to be validated... Question: the news itme also mentioned the reason as something like 'layman violates the general rule that nothing in portage should touch anything in /usr/local'... Well... my local overlays (that I set up a long time ago) are there... and portage obviously 'touches' those, so... should I move them as well? -- Charles
