From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15260 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2004 21:27:02 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 12 Apr 2004 21:27:02 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BD8xK-0002ol-D7 for arch-gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:27:02 +0000 Received: (qmail 18544 invoked by uid 50004); 12 Apr 2004 21:26:48 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 27849 invoked from network); 12 Apr 2004 21:26:48 +0000 Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:26:37 +0200 From: Marius Mauch To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-Id: <20040412232637.1d3ba123@sven.genone.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200404122217.33781.stuart@gentoo.org> References: <200404121739.i3CHdI4L023928@mxsf17.cluster1.charter.net> <200404122146.21981.stuart@gentoo.org> <20040412225850.2f3a5586@sven.genone.homeip.net> <200404122217.33781.stuart@gentoo.org> Organization: Gentoo Linux X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: H@&[wkk?l:Zx:8i_5bViK&{Vz{c{~r),^&:v/r#+X5dmfA6qCl)~'Ul{"&06Q1[05.%v&c>je5R{=xLnx^=~lN~rO0xuR~~NY)CX\"Nc4$9CBPwDl-.pYuVeGdir86L@\:j?7@%Ej2?Wi-Y0=1]T14ce0w79Bckk[*ti{;iA"{;I}&E~.msRBsBS)N!CS4Gd|_UR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Mon__12_Apr_2004_23_26_37_+0200_H=ME0HGVg8xMYfxJ" X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:7e6c91d1b14dbccceb2f2166522fa0f6 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Idea for the portage maintainers X-Archives-Salt: 7a9a76ea-8f10-4a34-8f57-50ba79c2c533 X-Archives-Hash: 26e216b2dd72561e3ebfbabe9efbcb15 --Signature=_Mon__12_Apr_2004_23_26_37_+0200_H=ME0HGVg8xMYfxJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 04/12/04 Stuart Herbert wrote: > On Monday 12 April 2004 21:58, Marius Mauch wrote: > > On 04/12/04 Stuart Herbert wrote: > > > Will Portage function without /var/cache/edb? > > > > Yes, but it will be _very_ slow. > > > > Marius > > Then we shouldn't be putting this in /var/cache. It's for temporary > files, and can be emptied at any time without warning. This should > really go into /var/db. I don't understand you here: The cache files are temporary, they can be removed at any time and will be regenerated when portage accesses the ebuild, just the first run will be very slow (I could give you numbers if I wouldn't run a world update atm). Marius -- Public Key at http://www.genone.de/info/gpg-key.pub In the beginning, there was nothing. And God said, 'Let there be Light.' And there was still nothing, but you could see a bit better. --Signature=_Mon__12_Apr_2004_23_26_37_+0200_H=ME0HGVg8xMYfxJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAewmWWzrL1pM7SNcRAqGXAJ9vO2Hj9ealadfuphfm+85vf7jwJQCfb6co +coxnjSFkMo1xnQ60k1xIwM= =utDY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Mon__12_Apr_2004_23_26_37_+0200_H=ME0HGVg8xMYfxJ--