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 C9AF9138A1A for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:41:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A5F40E0918; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:41:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0F1DE0917 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:41:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ED33340858 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:41:01 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.481 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.481 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.769, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bYR3X9IA7Jvp for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:40:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 613463401BC for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:40:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YNvVF-0006qC-Ib for gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:40:45 +0100 Received: from ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.22.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:40:45 +0100 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 04:40:45 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: [PATCH 1/2] Add FEATURES=binpkg-multi-instance (bug 150031) Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1424162233-25071-1-git-send-email-zmedico@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-22-224.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.140 (Chocolate Salty Balls; GIT 7aa4de2) X-Archives-Salt: 93684877-85ca-41bd-a1c1-8def6a8ad142 X-Archives-Hash: 8c205a1dcabb00dfe8f7c7bd9c5db165 Zac Medico posted on Tue, 17 Feb 2015 00:37:12 -0800 as excerpted: > It is not necessary to migrate an > existing PKGDIR to the new layout, since portage is capable of working > with a mixed PKGDIR layout, where packages using the old layout are > allowed to remain in place. [...] > There is currently no automated way to prune old builds from PKGDIR, > although it is possible to remove packages manually, and then run > 'emaint --fix binhost' to update the ${PKGDIR}/Packages index. > > It is not necessary to migrate an existing PKGDIR to the new layout, > since portage is capable of working with a mixed PKGDIR layout, where > packages using the old layout are allowed to remain in-place. > > There is currently no automated way to prune old builds from PKGDIR, > although it is possible to remove packages manually, and then run > 'emaint --fix binhost' update the ${PKGDIR}/Packages index. [...] Reading this gave me a distinct sense of deja vu reading this. ... =:^P (After editing a bit, the second "reading this" deliberately left in place. =:^) -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman