Am 24.12.2012 17:09, schrieb Rick Zero_Chaos Farina:
On 12/24/2012 09:00 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing.
Not
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
On 24/12/2012 16:43, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
Why not? Because they are distributed to other systems?
More because they can be used as a backup themselves, if I want to
keep older versions available.
This is a valid argument, of course.
Michael Hampicke wrote:
can binpackages easily be regenerated locally if their ebuilds are
not in portage anymore?
If the package is still installed it is very easy with quickpkg.
//Peter
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
Wrong
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:17:06 +0100
Sebastian Pipping sp...@gentoo.org wrote:
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard:
On 24/12/2012 10:08, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
/var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR
Maybe /var/spool/binpkgs ?
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On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Ulrich Mueller u...@gentoo.org wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem
Hierarchy Standard:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 10:08:13 +0100
Ulrich Mueller u...@gentoo.org wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem
Hierarchy
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
/var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR
Maybe /var/spool/binpkgs ?
This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing.
Ulrich
On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing.
Not sure how /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh.
--
Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes
flamee...@flameeyes.eu
On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller u...@gentoo.org wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenň wrote:
/var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR
Maybe /var/spool/binpkgs ?
This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
queues or outgoing mail that are typically
Il 24/12/2012 10:11, Ciaran McCreesh ha scritto:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012 03:17:06 +0100
Sebastian Pipping sp...@gentoo.org wrote:
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
yes and no,
yes it contain data and executable needed to update gentoo
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like
printer queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after
processing.
Not sure how /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh.
Why
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On 12/24/2012 04:08 AM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
On Mon, 24 Dec 2012, Sebastian Pipping wrote:
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem
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On 12/24/2012 09:00 AM, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote:
On 24/12/2012 14:32, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
This doesn't look right to me. /var/spool contains things like printer
queues or outgoing mail that are typically deleted after processing.
Not sure how
On 24/12/2012 16:43, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
Why not? Because they are distributed to other systems?
More because they can be used as a backup themselves, if I want to keep
older versions available.
/var/lib then?
Fine by me.
(Though FHS acolytes would probably put them in /srv ...)
Let's
On 20.12.2012 19:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
I don't see /var/db in the latest release of the Filesystem Hierarchy
Standard:
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
I would prefer something that blends with FHS.
Best,
On 20.12.2012 18:27, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
Now I wonder: After removal of e.g. the Portage tree from a system, it
is generally not possible to restore it. (It can be refetched, but not
to its previous state.)
Same is true for distfiles, at least to some degree. They may have
vanished
The FHS says:
/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such data
is locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or
calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or restore
the data.
Now I wonder: After removal of e.g. the Portage tree from a system,
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On 20/12/12 12:27 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
The FHS says:
/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such
data is locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or
calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or
On Thu, 2012-12-20 at 18:27 +0100, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
The FHS says:
/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such data
is locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or
calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or restore
the data.
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Ian Stakenvicius wrote:
On 20/12/12 12:27 PM, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
The FHS says:
/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such
data is locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or
calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:27:26 +0100
Ulrich Mueller u...@gentoo.org wrote:
The FHS says:
/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such data
is locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or
calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or restore
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On 12/20/2012 01:14 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:27:26 +0100
Ulrich Mueller u...@gentoo.org wrote:
The FHS says:
/var/cache is intended for cached data from applications. Such data
is locally generated as a result of
Ulrich Mueller schrieb:
Now I wonder: After removal of e.g. the Portage tree from a system,
it is generally not possible to restore it. (It can be refetched,
but not to its previous state.)
Is it required that the _exact_ _same_ _data_ will be regenerated? This
is not the case with most users
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