Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Michael Hampicke
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 sure how /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh.
 
 Application cache data. Such data are locally generated as a result of
 time-consuming I/O or calculation. The application must be able to
 regenerate or restore the data. The cached files can be deleted without
 loss of data.
 
 No sure how it doesn't...
 
 Binpackages are really essentially cache created by portage through
 time-consuming I/O and calculation (compiling) and can easily be
 regenerated locally.  Plus, you can delete all of this and the system is
 still functional.

Not that I am opposed to keep binpackages in /var/cache - but people on
this thread have brought up lot's of reasons why for certain aspects not
to keep certain data in certain places.
This just hit my mind: can binpackages easily be regenerated locally if
their ebuilds are not in portage anymore?
I mean they can: grab the ebuild, compile it with the ebuild command,
there you go, but isn't that also true for the whole portage tree?



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Ulrich Mueller
 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.

 /var/lib then?

 Fine by me.

 (Though FHS acolytes would probably put them in /srv ...)

Insert a smiley of your choice here. ;-)

 Let's not get on with /srv right now please.

Ulrich



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-25 Thread Peter Stuge
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



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Ulrich Mueller
 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 standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the
PMS for /var/db/pkg/.

 I would prefer something that blends with FHS.

Is this important for a Gentoo specific directory?

   /var/db/portage/ PORTDIR
   /var/db/layman/  layman storage
   /var/db/pkg/ VDB (no change)
   /usr/local/portage/  local overlays (no change)
   /var/cache/distfiles/DISTDIR
   /var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR

Alternatively, the last two could be under
/var/cache/portage/{distfiles,packages}/.

Ulrich



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
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:
 
   http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
 
 I would prefer something that blends with FHS.

That's ok, Gentoo doesn't follow FHS.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
On 24/12/2012 10:08, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
/var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR

Maybe /var/spool/binpkgs ?

-- 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Michael Mol
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:

   http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY

 Wrong standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the
 PMS for /var/db/pkg/.

 I would prefer something that blends with FHS.

 Is this important for a Gentoo specific directory?

/var/db/portage/ PORTDIR
/var/db/layman/  layman storage
/var/db/pkg/ VDB (no change)
/usr/local/portage/  local overlays (no change)
/var/cache/distfiles/DISTDIR
/var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR

 Alternatively, the last two could be under
 /var/cache/portage/{distfiles,packages}/.

Query that's been percolating in my mind...how much of this is
specific to Gentoo, and how much has strong overlap with closely
related distros like Sabayon and Funtoo?

--
:wq



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Michał Górny
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 Standard:
 
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
 
 Wrong standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the
 PMS for /var/db/pkg/.

Incorrect. The PMS specifies vdb as being 'unspecified'. The fact that
it provides a path there doesn't seem really relevant.

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Ulrich Mueller
 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



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
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 — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Michael Mol
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 deleted after processing.

Then treat it like garbage collection. Some maintenance action could
go through and remove the files which aren't fetch-restricted. Portage
could do this at the end of its cycle, or it could be set up as a cron
job, or it could require a manual maintenance step.


--
:wq



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread viv...@gmail.com

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 system, in a 
hierarchical and relational form

no, it's a cache of a remote database generally mantained from others.

Actually also the difference in importance between /var/db/pkg and 
//ebuild_tree is very high.
Loose the pkg db and your best plan is to re-emerge the entire world, 
provided you still have a copy of /var/lib/portage/world (or 
equivalent), loose the latter and have a laugh.

To put those in the same category seem risky

Not that I personally care since everything gentoo related is kept in /g 
on my systems, also this for various reason mainly because it's 
something used to mantain a system and if maintainaince is not needed 
it's very easy this way to remove.



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.

That's ok, Gentoo doesn't follow FHS.

And it's ok to prefere to stay near a standard and use it as a 
guideline, for various reason, less difference with others and because a 
bunch of people has already toughted on it, to name just two.

Raising to MUST blend would be indeed not beneficial.

Regards,
Francesco Riosa



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Ulrich Mueller
 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 not? Because they are distributed to other systems?

/var/lib then? (Though FHS acolytes would probably put them in /srv ...)

Ulrich



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
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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
 Hierarchy Standard:
 
   http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#THEVARHIERARCHY
 
 Wrong standard to choose from. ;-) /var/db/ is already required by the
 PMS for /var/db/pkg/.
 
 I would prefer something that blends with FHS.
 
 Is this important for a Gentoo specific directory?
 
/var/db/portage/ PORTDIR
/var/db/layman/  layman storage
/var/db/pkg/ VDB (no change)
/usr/local/portage/  local overlays (no change)
/var/cache/distfiles/DISTDIR
/var/cache/packages/ PKGDIR
 
 Alternatively, the last two could be under
 /var/cache/portage/{distfiles,packages}/.
 
I am not 100% on this, but I think this is my first +1 for this thread.

+1

I really like this layout, it almost makes sense.
I won't be bike shedding on this topic (really don't care that much),
but I do really like this layout.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
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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 /var/cache fits for binpkgs though, tbh.
 
Application cache data. Such data are locally generated as a result of
time-consuming I/O or calculation. The application must be able to
regenerate or restore the data. The cached files can be deleted without
loss of data.

No sure how it doesn't...

Binpackages are really essentially cache created by portage through
time-consuming I/O and calculation (compiling) and can easily be
regenerated locally.  Plus, you can delete all of this and the system is
still functional.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-24 Thread Diego Elio Pettenò
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 not get on with /srv right now please.

-- 
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flamee...@flameeyes.eu — http://blog.flameeyes.eu/



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-23 Thread Sebastian Pipping
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,



Sebastian



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-23 Thread Sebastian Pipping
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 upstream or from mirrors.
 
 Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care of
 the issue with fetch-restricted files.

Thanks for bringing it up.  What you address above is the exact reason
why Layman's home was moved to /var/lib/layman/ eventually.  It has a
cache aspect, bit it's not a true cache.

Best,



Sebastian




[gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Ulrich Mueller
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, 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 upstream or from mirrors.

Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care of
the issue with fetch-restricted files.

Ulrich



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Ian Stakenvicius
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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 restore 
 the data.
 
 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 upstream or from mirrors.
 
 Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care
 of the issue with fetch-restricted files.
 

I had asked more or less the same thing a few days ago.  The cases
where this would matter are few, however, and those users that need
the state preserved could ensure it by including these specific paths
in their backups and/or ensuring any cache-cleaner scripts (and AFAIK
there aren't any that wouldn't be custom-installed) do not remove them.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Alexandre Rostovtsev
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.
 
 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 upstream or from mirrors.
 
 Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care of
 the issue with fetch-restricted files.

Due to fetch-restricted files, /var/lib does make sense for distfiles.
And of course /var/lib should be used for the default personal overlay
(currently in /usr/local/portage).

But I think that the main portage and overlay checkouts are already
cache-like in the sense that any manual user changes are automatically
overwritten by emerge --sync / layman -S, which the users are
supposed to run on a sufficiently regular basis. So /var/cache does seem
like a reasonable place for them.




Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Ulrich Mueller
 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 restore 
 the data.
 
 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 upstream or from mirrors.
 
 Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care
 of the issue with fetch-restricted files.

 I had asked more or less the same thing a few days ago.  The cases
 where this would matter are few, however, and those users that need
 the state preserved could ensure it by including these specific paths
 in their backups and/or ensuring any cache-cleaner scripts (and AFAIK
 there aren't any that wouldn't be custom-installed) do not remove them.

What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the licenses
are required to be present on the system if the corresponding software
is installed. So users cannot legally remove them.

Should we really put them under /var/cache which suggests that
everything in there can be wiped?

Ulrich



Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
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
the data.
 
 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 upstream or from mirrors.
 
 Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care of
 the issue with fetch-restricted files.

The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
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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 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, 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 upstream or from mirrors.

 Maybe /var/lib would be a better choice? It would also take care of
 the issue with fetch-restricted files.
 
 The tree is a database. It belongs in /var/db/.
 
+1
and another +1 from my other personality, so +2 from us

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Is /var/cache the right place for repositories?

2012-12-20 Thread Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn
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 of /var/cache (like ccache for example).
They only regenerate what is needed so the application continues to work
properly. The ebuilds that are needed for portage functioning are saved
to /var/db/pkg already.

squid cache would be another example, or just about every other Linux
distro's package manager.

 What about /usr/portage/licenses, for example? Some of the licenses
 are required to be present on the system if the corresponding software
 is installed. So users cannot legally remove them.

They are not required for functioning of the system, and a sync will
restore them.

 Should we really put them under /var/cache which suggests that
 everything in there can be wiped?

Yes.


Best regards,
Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn