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Subject: Re: PORTDIR default - changing PORTDIR variable - WAS Re: [gentoo-user]
 Re: separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01
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On 10/01/2013 08:35 AM, Tanstaafl wrote:
> 
> So... if the change from /usr/portage to /var/portage was official, is 
> there any (official) documentation on precisely how to move it?
> 
> Hmmm.... more importantly, when did this change occur? Is it possibly 
> tied to portage 2.2? The reason I ask is, I'm still on 2.1, and man 
> portage still has references to:
> 

Everyone agrees it should go under /var somewhere, and that the
distfiles shouldn't be in the tree,

  http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org/msg54610.html

but no one location was chosen IIRC.