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 3B39D1381F3 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:12:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E59DAE0AF9; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:12:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org (mail.ukfsn.org [5.9.116.23]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2945E0AC6 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 18:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BAC3EDC11E0 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:12:21 +0100 (BST) Received: from wstn.localnet (78-32-181-186.static.enta.net [78.32.181.186]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60DB6DC02C9 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:12:21 +0100 (BST) From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which filesystem is more suitable for /var/tmp/portage? Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 19:12:20 +0100 Message-ID: <2587190.4nGI9FRHp3@wstn> Organization: Retired software quality manager User-Agent: KMail/4.10.5 (Linux/3.10.7-gentoo; KDE/4.10.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <5239C231.9080702@gmail.com> References: <4083700.7YOtJyrB1G@wstn> <5239C231.9080702@gmail.com> 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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-DSPAM-Result: Whitelisted X-DSPAM-Processed: Wed Sep 18 19:12:21 2013 X-DSPAM-Confidence: 0.9899 X-DSPAM-Probability: 0.0000 X-DSPAM-Signature: 5239ed0546963266329513 X-Archives-Salt: 77798f6c-6b17-49e4-af2f-9e224dad7904 X-Archives-Hash: 0ef458302553f8662e9fa9147a5d7d9f On Wednesday 18 Sep 2013 17:09:37 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 18/09/2013 16:05, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Wednesday 18 Sep 2013 14:52:30 Ralf Ramsauer wrote: > >> In my opinion, reiser is a bit outdated ... > > > > What is the significance of its date? I use reiserfs on my Atom box for > > /var, /var/cache/squid and /usr/portage, and on my workstation for > > /usr/portage and /home/prh/.VirtualBox. It's never given me any trouble > > at all. --->8 > Circumstances have caused ReiserFS to become a high-risk scenario and > even though it might perform faultlessly right now, continued use should > be evaluated in terms of that very real risk. Sensible advice - thanks. I'll bear it in mind as I continue working on these boxes. -- Regards, Peter