Re: [gentoo-user] Recommended location of the Gentoo ebuild repository

[gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com>]

ср, 16 дек. 2020 г. в 16:55, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>:
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 9:45 AM gevisz <gevisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Nevertheless, the explanation why /var/db/repos/gentoo is better than
> > /usr/portage is still welcomed. :)
> >
>
> There is a lengthy discussion on gentoo-dev on this, and my personal
> first choice didn't win.  :)
>
> There is little dispute that /var makes more sense than /usr other
> than legacy reasons.  /usr is generally used for static data - on some
> distros it might even be read-only, a squashfs, signed using crypto,
> and so on.  On a rolling release distro like Gentoo it might get
> changed often by updates, but other than system updates nothing in it
> should change.  On a more release-based distro only security updates
> or major releases would touch it.
>
> /var on the other hand is used for application data and other things
> that change all the time.  That includes things like databases, which
> the Gentoo repo basically is.  Mail spools, print spools, caches, and
> so on all go on there.
>
> FHS formalizes all this stuff.
>
> Now, where exactly in /var it goes is more a matter of debate.
> /var/db is not specified in FHS, but it is used by FreeBSD which I
> think was one of the selling points.  Personally I stick it in
> /var/cache as (IMO) it just contains a local copy of a repository that
> is entirely stored elsewhere.  Some would certainly disagree with
> that.  I think /var/lib would be an alternative place that keeps more
> to FHS.
>
> However, moving it out of /usr was a move with near-universal support.
> And you can really put it anywhere you want by editing one line in
> your portage config.  I don't think the directory even exists in the
> base install - it gets created the first time you sync so it is
> entirely user-configurable.

Ok, thank you for the explanation.