From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NWEPO-0007tY-4B for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:34:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6B050E07D1; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lbg2.evolone.org (evolone.org [198.145.28.177]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CC15E07D1 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:33:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lappy.evolone.org (unknown [192.168.1.1]) by lbg2.evolone.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 906F11BEA4 for ; Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:33:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:38:24 -0800 From: Michael Higgins To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [rfc] layman storage location (again) Message-ID: <20100116113824.1363962d@lappy.evolone.org> In-Reply-To: <1263668258.26113.10.camel@lillen.dodi> References: <4B50C3B4.5050604@gentoo.org> <4B50FB3B.60506@gentoo.org> <4B511556.4080409@gentoo.org> <201001152046.00963.vapier@gentoo.org> <4B511C86.6020002@gentoo.org> <1263629567.31396.41.camel@tablet> <20100116130646.GA21961@laptop> <1263668258.26113.10.camel@lillen.dodi> Organization: Evolone X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 74ea5f39-dc12-48cf-804c-ad03aed1103e X-Archives-Hash: 59fe35c52d64f9fad54b819ba0dff18e On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:57:39 +0100 Peter Hjalmarsson wrote: > l=C3=B6r 2010-01-16 klockan 19:31 +0100 skrev J=C3=B6rg Schaible: > > dev-random@mail.ru wrote: > >=20 > > > On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 01:57:38PM +0100, Ben de Groot wrote: > > >> 2010/1/16 Peter Volkov : > > >> > layman cache is nfs distributable. Also it's good idea to have > > >> > it close to PORTDIR. Thus I'd like to keep it somewhere > > >> > at /usr. > > >>=20 > > >> I'd like both to be under /var/ > > >>=20 > > >=20 > > > I _use_ both under /var/. In my config > > > PORTDIR_OVERLAY=3D"/var/repos/{many directories}" and > > > PORTDIR=3D"/var/repos/gentoo". /usr/ is too crazy place for > > > ebuilds. IMHO. > >=20 > > Same for me. I have PORTDIR also beneath /var ... > >=20 > > - J=C3=B6rg > >=20 >=20 > Me too. I consider /usr/portage as one of those design flaws/thinkos > that are left behind since noone are ready to take the blame and > flames of all those who do not want to read elog-messages/announces > and alike and want to raise hell if somethings changes they are note > prepared for. >=20 Yes, PORTDIR default location under /usr was a totally stupid thing. Please don't repeat it... I have all portage under it's own partition, but /var/portage is probably a more acceptable default, IMO. --=20 |\ /| | | ~ ~ =20 | \/ | |---| `|` ? | |ichael | |iggins \^ / michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org