On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:56 PM Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 1:32 AM, Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> > So, considering all the feedback from mailing list and IRC:
> >
> > /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo
> > /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/distfiles
> > /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache{,/gentoo}/binpkgs
> >
> > Open question: Should we have the additional "gentoo" path component
> > for the ones in /var/cache? The tradeoff is between a path that is
> > easier to type, or slightly easier usage if someone wants to NFS mount
> > distfiles and binpkgs.
>
> That proposal has by vote of support. No strong preference on whether
> to include gentoo/ or not. It's one NFS mount vs two so not a big deal
> either way.
>
Why not stick the repos in /var/repos and not /var/db/repos? If we're
just making up paths, why not make up a shorter one? I don't think
any other linux distros use /var/db...
--
Rich
