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On 16/12/2020 14:58, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:46 AM gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com 
> <mailto:gevisz@gmail.com>> wrote:
> <SNIP>
>  > Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than
>  > /usr/portage is still welcomed. :)
> 
> Community opinion mostly:
> 
> https://serverfault.com/questions/384342/what-are-the-best-practices-of-the-usr-var-and-etc-folders#384345 
> <https://serverfault.com/questions/384342/what-are-the-best-practices-of-the-usr-var-and-etc-folders#384345> 
> 
> 
> In this case portage is a 'database'?

Depends what you mean by "portage". Depends what you mean by "database".

Here we are storing the data (source files) used to build a gentoo 
system. So while it may be a bit tenuous (I find Rich's argument for 
"cache" more compelling), I don't think the argument for calling this a 
database that strange - portage the system uses portage the data to 
build the system called gentoo ...

Cheers,
Wol