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 55B3A1381F3 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:12:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 64515E0BEF; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:12:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50CCCE0AFF for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 12:12:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 955E722129 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 2013 13:12:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 13:12:39 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Re: separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 Message-ID: <20131002131239.23b49f94@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <524C0BC0.3060707@libertytrek.org> References: <20130927222109.GD23408@server> <5246079E.7090406@gmail.com> <524759FB.2090304@gmail.com> <524869A5.4070306@libertytrek.org> <20130929185504.GA16543@linux1> <524892E3.5080402@libertytrek.org> <52489883.3090408@gmail.com> <5248AF6F.4040405@libertytrek.org> <52493D9F.3080504@gmail.com> <5249B421.8070909@googlemail.com> <5249CDA4.5090700@gmail.com> <524AC184.8000804@libertytrek.org> <524AD8C0.5090906@orlitzky.com> <524B1155.9070809@libertytrek.org> <20131001194834.0cbc592e@digimed.co.uk> <524C0BC0.3060707@libertytrek.org> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2-71-gace330 (GTK+ 2.24.21; x86_64-pc-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@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/Brxq05.OS5717yylacaIoZd"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: ac61faee-eb95-49c6-8b5b-2da9beb6a4c4 X-Archives-Hash: 3217ddbc69556777966502c7dd489b4f --Sig_/Brxq05.OS5717yylacaIoZd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:04:16 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> I'm interested in what the DEFAULTS are, ie, for a new/from scratch > >> installation. =20 >=20 > > Why? =20 >=20 > While I'm not sure why it matters to you, Just curious. > it is because I have a policy=20 > that I never change the defaults for anything without a (good) reason. That's reasonable, but I feel there's a good reason here - the default location sucks. > > I installed a VM a couple of weeks ago and I'm sure portage was still > > in /usr. It's easy enough to tell, unpack a stage 3 and see where the > > portage directory lives, but the handbook still refers > > to /usr/portage. =20 >=20 > So you're saying Alan was wrong about /var being the new default... Let's just say he appeared to misremember :) --=20 Neil Bothwick Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22" --Sig_/Brxq05.OS5717yylacaIoZd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.21 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlJMDbwACgkQum4al0N1GQNT+QCgvthK+sxcxxQuiFzqAu2+Dzga QRMAoJvdmeCE653Mav2bjyJv09mtAyQA =6epo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Brxq05.OS5717yylacaIoZd--