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 71F861382C5 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:46:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 48878E0997; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:46:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lf1-x135.google.com (mail-lf1-x135.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 04FCDE095A for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 14:46:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lf1-x135.google.com with SMTP id o13so25769902lfr.3 for ; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:46:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=TT0tPgPFsHJG/hU16yuGZk+JUO94X0iQtBKTkipYnwU=; b=rMbUbFwXRXSvA6OfgYxgmHVIOiQweZxzfAeZp/KAnUuqpNoVfczrq+Q4FRIGY4OLaM /J/HbZoVmrjDLxakz1kcLmhmGtJvHzcakuFKsx3mguug3vviX7Jf+vM+budYWs3DRw24 5LX9JO3Cq5GuRH1p13gbWJ0LbE6ozJQVVSA9LAXZ8bzVFCSycLN/Pk/+XGvtbFHKQHT5 hmTVntIDs9q1uh/d+tCG0JAFc3YL4cGRU/iR7eN4vYOktdrabYBBu4DHOSWFZH2HVSgN 5KkNTrY7GvgrV6guTOVJNnneQpkSQkmtwrmfHIwzZ17KBInOxTH5dpsltdNOkANhA0Bu GMjw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=TT0tPgPFsHJG/hU16yuGZk+JUO94X0iQtBKTkipYnwU=; b=ot2aotml7jeL6pRWNFznUQs3ScjlLz5fBppLQR+lgDRXVPPjBQB1101V57fckLzKT1 zihGJql8Pk3hO8ImwnecM0vKRFE2x0i1Chtj4Ns8L9zAyYxByab3XPlQ+kXk1wtdRq3T pcbD1ieZ5X/ScOZv9X8oE8SD0XPVl/4gKOUYwfMK0aRnZcqGOauNATLQvhvEWqHtqNBu xR5g2+D6dBYPbv1EswvKzEBYSa25Z7utJpstZ2Tyl3eSQ/Sc912cSVWm5lqFxb17qKWT LdaISvWjNdqh0XJ7ePxnWuvmZHH7vchMqzOo7VYdlfYo9yHDgOBFgDqDLeJR+e5zFS81 gB5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531ZSvl4bVJGJTPt+8GwFjea2Pajo92wIjP3eGCHjPXkLdFBaYok sifzMLK0ZxmhF629LKr/qasgc9A2TQuD7T2sP24F83MQ4qJxLA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxqJcHHEIDjInBes//GSZQGwf4BwFFngLEVoeARBVPLPix38n0agHUr5grAyYzVPpV632sRsN5sB6ctzVoMxU8= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6512:34d3:: with SMTP id w19mr13810697lfr.180.1608129966851; Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:46:06 -0800 (PST) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: gevisz Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:45:42 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 22877742-5d72-45c3-85b6-ad05277e6c79 X-Archives-Hash: daf3ddca2b201d149426144c9fa34ccb > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 21:52, gevisz wrote: > > > > How would you comment the following quote from Gentoo Handbook > > "In most situations, /usr/ is to be kept big: not only will it contain > > the majority of applications, it typically also hosts the Gentoo ebuild > > repository (by default located at /var/db/repos/gentoo) which already > > takes around 650 MiB." > > that can be found here: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Disks ? > > > > Have I correctly understood that the Gentoo ebuild repository default location > > is /var/db/repos/gentoo but virtually everybody relocate it to /usr/ during > > the installation process? > > > > Why not change its default location to /usr/ in this case? > > > > Where the Gentoo ebuild repository should be allocated? Why? > > > On Wed, 16 Dec 2020 at 13:55, Miles Malone : > > It was historically in /usr/portage, it's now in /var/db/repos/gentoo. > The handbook is apparently out of date on this. If you've got the > time I'm sure the handbook maintainers would appreciate a patch or a > bug Thank you for your reply. Now, it is a bit clearer. Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than /usr/portage is still welcomed. :)