On Monday 30 Sep 2013 20:14:44 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 30/09/2013 19:25, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> >>> But... is /usr/portage the default/recommended location? If so, then I
> >>> 
> >>> >> don't think I want to move it - I generally never change defaults
> >>> >> unless there is a very good reason to do so.
> >> > 
> >> > It's /var/portage for new installs. If you want it to be somewhere
> >> > else, just move it and adjust make.conf
> > 
> > really? so when I moved PORTDIR to /var/portage I was ahead of the rest?
> > Wow...
> 
> You were ahead of me for sure :-)
> 
> I clearly remember one day long long ago you ranted and raved about how
> a huge chunk of /usr was write-often...
> 
> ... so I fiddled with mine to make it work on /var too and was very
> happy with it.


There's no reason to move /usr/portage to /  It can stay in your LVM.

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Regards,
Mick