From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87D32138DB0 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:03:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 68B26E09FC; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:03:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1842AE08C6 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:03:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [81.108.251.46] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost01a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1bvW79-000E26-G0 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 21:03:31 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 5711F5814D0 for ; Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:03:30 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:03:23 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Backup [Was: Old Firefox ebuild?] Message-ID: <20161015220323.30c854cd@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20161015191804.6010.13C4B83E@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> References: <20161014175927.8360.2C6B93AA@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20161015010142.4496.2ED89AE8@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20161015052716.661fa5d1@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de> <20161015054253.60a76ff2@jupiter.sol.kaishome.de> <20161015041847.17290.21B9F931@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20161015091458.5ca3248a@digimed.co.uk> <20161015191804.6010.13C4B83E@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; 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_/cCB4kMrpvqqq6GiXdeLOQ=."; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost01a-IP: [81.108.251.46] Feedback-ID: 81.108.251.46 X-Archives-Salt: d5e66282-be7d-4e6a-8960-dbb366ea05e1 X-Archives-Hash: 9a0b91ddbc78ccdbaca9747c9ccadadf --Sig_/cCB4kMrpvqqq6GiXdeLOQ=. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 12:22:49 -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > mv /usr/portage /var/ > > Change PORTDIR in make.conf to suit > > Problem solved. =20 >=20 > but ... quoting man make.conf: >=20 > PORTDIR =3D [path] >=20 > Defines the location of main repository. This variable is > deprecated in favor of settings in repos.conf. If you > change this, you must update your > /etc/portage/make.profile symlink accordingly. Defaults > to /usr/portage. >=20 > So, 2 warnings ... looks dangerous after all. Not really warnings, just advice. Yes, you should really use the new way of setting it. Then run eselect profile to reset your profile symlink. All you are doing is moving the portage tree to a filesystem that you backup and telling portage abut it. There's nothing dangerous about it and you won't stop your system working even if you get it wrong. I do that on all my Gentoo boxes as I don't want dynamic data in /usr.=20 --=20 Neil Bothwick ... Taglines: and How They Affect Women. Next On Oprah. --Sig_/cCB4kMrpvqqq6GiXdeLOQ=. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAlgCmZsACgkQum4al0N1GQOD9gCg1bEoVFT2hkGTFPL9aMCaJBDm rpIAoISRmYCkDCux0Y7QpFnkj15/LhNF =xeMN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/cCB4kMrpvqqq6GiXdeLOQ=.--