From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HBpOB-0002oR-Da for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:34:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0U9Xlg0017629; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:33:47 GMT Received: from desiato.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0U9TVlZ012849 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:29:31 GMT Received: from krikkit.digimed.co.uk (krikkit.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85D0AA061 for ; Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:29:30 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:29:26 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinking /usr/portage/distfiles Message-ID: <20070130092926.291894af@krikkit.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200701292112.22080.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> References: <200701290938.08476.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <1170076843.32291.16.camel@blackwidow.nbk> <200701292112.22080.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.2cvs4 (GTK+ 2.10.9; powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_Gzfv.Pd.oeg4OmZcS95Qza6; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: a7c85dcb-98e9-49ce-9f7d-f2a07203e895 X-Archives-Hash: afbd4e0d4c52cc523f3077a4ecee5a29 --Sig_Gzfv.Pd.oeg4OmZcS95Qza6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:12:22 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I don't trust my memory either so I looked it up. The most recent copy=20 > of FHS I have is 2.2: >=20 > "The /tmp directory must be made available for programs that require=20 > temporary files.=20 > "Programs must not assume that any files or directories in /tmp are=20 > preserved between invocations of the program." >=20 > It says nothing about reboots, that is a common mis-interpretation of=20 > the standard. But > Why not just keep it as /var/tmp? Defined as: >=20 > "The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require=20 > temporary files or directories that are preserved between system=20 > reboots. Therefore, data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than=20 > data in /tmp. So it does say that /tmp can't be relied upon to survive reboots, but not in the definition of /tmp :( AIUI FHS is for binary distros, so doesn't apply to Gentoo anyway. > Portage shouldn't even begin to start thinking about belonging=20 > in /usr :-). That's why I have: >=20 > nazgul ~ # cat /etc/make.conf | grep PORTDIR > PORTDIR=3D"/var/portage" Or mount /usr/portage on its own filesystem. I have it mounted on a sparse file as per http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Speeding_up_portage#MultiPurpose_Trick --=20 Neil Bothwick "A hundred years of forgetting and it all comes rushing back..." --Sig_Gzfv.Pd.oeg4OmZcS95Qza6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFvw/5um4al0N1GQMRAqADAJ0cGdEz5gxHBkvTJG9RxglEZkuP4QCdGN5g z0gronX1k4wgVvgNfqM9e6I= =jctV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_Gzfv.Pd.oeg4OmZcS95Qza6-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list