Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:26 AM antlists wrote: > > On 16/12/2020 14:58, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:46 AM gevisz > > wrote: > > > > > Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than > > > /usr/portage is still

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread gevisz
ср, 16 дек. 2020 г. в 16:55, Rich Freeman : > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:45 AM gevisz 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 10:25 AM antlists wrote: > > Here we are storing the data (source files) used to build a gentoo > system. So while it may be a bit tenuous (I find Rich's argument for > "cache" more compelling), I don't think the argument for calling this a > database that strange -

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread Victor Ivanov
On 16/12/2020 14:55, Rich Freeman wrote: 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread antlists
On 16/12/2020 14:58, Mark Knecht wrote: On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:46 AM gevisz > wrote: > Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than > /usr/portage is still welcomed. :) Community opinion mostly:

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:46 AM gevisz wrote: > Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than > /usr/portage is still welcomed. :) Community opinion mostly: https://serverfault.com/questions/384342/what-are-the-best-practices-of-the-usr-var-and-etc-folders#384345 In

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread Rich Freeman
On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:45 AM gevisz 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread gevisz
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 21:52, gevisz wrote: > > > > How would you comment the following quote from Gentoo Handbook > > "In most situations, /usr/ is to be kept big: not only will it contain > > the majority of applications, it typically also hosts the Gentoo ebuild > > repository (by

Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread Miles Malone
It was historically in /usr/portage, it's now in /var/db/repos/gentoo. The handbook is apparently out of date on this. If you've got the time I'm sure the handbook maintainers would appreciate a patch or a bug On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 21:52, gevisz wrote: > > How would you comment the following

[gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

2020-12-16 Thread gevisz
How would you comment the following quote from Gentoo Handbook "In most situations, /usr/ is to be kept big: not only will it contain the majority of applications, it typically also hosts the Gentoo ebuild repository (by default located at /var/db/repos/gentoo) which already takes around 650