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 F27431381F3 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:36:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3479221C11D; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:36:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ob0-f171.google.com (mail-ob0-f171.google.com [209.85.214.171]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7363221C018 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:36:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ob0-f171.google.com with SMTP id dn14so3645143obc.16 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:35:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=L7wHqE4QMzk6Xx9KrcJrtySqtY5WQPtT6pgernRAwYM=; b=a7dx4KV0M4egumTJER39BT8HO50+wLys6bnObp9QD6z2A16qr7qIkw3dq6qoL0zGgO Gr5iZPxYHWEKBYrtzo1SezfCSNjk1CSgjx8DSnPfxKti2nn1qlU5MQZta6mVsqH4VAg+ qFcCMmemC+NT9YT7HibBkiJlpsCRm/s3raDX74IJaxZyCxm44UGqGAJabFsU+j1s+EeY 07aO2Qyhh6K5lE55PwA1zOsEB8/bLrjCLDvXEVMvWdNLeKgcv2WJfZmBRYChZef1f+Gu Hxozp5XfYLz24d1Gp2vDJaKKeKSkB4jBerL/1PVrRaess5FkMvLbzjqWRnVy2S4Tilr9 t9Jg== 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 Received: by 10.60.30.201 with SMTP id u9mr9048443oeh.28.1356028559611; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:35:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.76.20.243 with HTTP; Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:35:59 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20121220173100.GA3599@linux1> References: <1355964593.2648.123.camel@big_daddy.dol-sen.ca> <20690.51259.390916.546883@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <4320416.IILyhKJ2Gb@drakkar> <20121220173100.GA3599@linux1> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:35:59 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Moving our/portage stuff to var From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 26bc824f-f5f6-40b5-9eab-d30c1ade7b44 X-Archives-Hash: a7235ef4e89879dc5b1a7cd4cbb0c1f5 On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:31 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 06:58:11AM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:25 AM, George Shapovalov wrote: >> > On Thursday 20 December 2012 09:11:39 Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> >> > /var/cache/repositories/local <== the new location for a local overlay >> >> >> >> Also I wonder if local overlays should be in /var/cache? It might not >> >> always be possible to restore them. >> > So, this is the present /usr/local/portage? What's wrong with it? >> > According to FHS, /usr/local/ is reserved for local admin meddling, which fits >> > the bill rather nicely fo local overlay. This is the one location that was >> > actually making sense from the beginning. >> >> I actually like the /var/cache/repositories approach. You can always >> add a symlink to it if you want to for convenience (as I already do >> for /var/lib/portage/world). There is really nothing special about >> /usr/portage, other than it being the lowest-priority overlay. > > If we do this, I don't like the name repositories -- what kind of > repositories? should I put git repositories in there? I was pondering this, too. How about 'pms', for trees and overlays? -- :wq