From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EC81381F3 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:17:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 21A9421C024; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:16:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B68CC21C002 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:16:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (cpe-76-93-186-75.san.res.rr.com [76.93.186.75]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: nightmorph) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C505E33DB38 for ; Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:16:24 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:16:18 -0800 From: Joshua Saddler To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var Message-ID: <20121218231618.5dee646a@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.12; x86_64-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: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/pm+f5K30YBOViSsb+dSaTjV"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: a06aecdb-d342-4e2c-a30f-905f31bf7500 X-Archives-Hash: 720ae392c049ac9524d03451b2a95807 --Sig_/pm+f5K30YBOViSsb+dSaTjV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:19:20 +0100 Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1 Chv=C3=A1tal wrote: > Currently we put portage into /usr/portage and all related stuff is to > be in the subfolders there (distfiles, binpkg). >=20 > I've always myself override these defaults in make.conf to point for > /var/portage/ (not /var/lib because I never bothered enough how to > make world and config files to be put elsewhere :P). >=20 > The only reason why we have this currently in usr is that bsd ports > put their stuff in there and I suppose Daniel just did the same. >=20 > With respect to reality how stuff is done in the linux land all the > variable data should be in /var so we should adjust and move it in > there too. >=20 > What would you think? do it. stick it somewhere in /var. i have a small SLC SSD just for /var and= /usr/portage partitions, since those consistently incur high writes. dropp= ing to just one partition for all that i/o would be real nice. if this proposed change is made, please make sure to contact the GDP. while= we don't update things like manpages or elog announcements, we would have = a ton of stuff to fix in gentoo.org/doc/en/ . also, make sure stuff is sort= ed out on the catalyst/releng end well in advance, so users aren't stuck wi= th bad stages. --Sig_/pm+f5K30YBOViSsb+dSaTjV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlDRacUACgkQxPWMzpKk6kNYaQCgoR3OOXxsPw5lBNrc/q8YD8US ekUAn1uPhBSmKaM/pez+E6geMuRRP3DF =OUka -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/pm+f5K30YBOViSsb+dSaTjV--