On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:26 AM antlists <antli...@youngman.org.uk> wrote: > > On 16/12/2020 14:58, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:46 AM gevisz <gev...@gmail.com > > <mailto:gev...@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
Better explanation than my answer/question/comment. But yes, portage is (I think) a complete system of things, emerge, depclean, world file and the directories residing under /usr/portage. It's only that directory structure that changes often and is subject to being given a description such as 'database'. Thanks, Mark
