On 2012.03.28 08:46, Alex Alexander wrote: > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 02:05:54PM -0500, William Hubbs wrote: > > All, > > > > I know this has come up before, but I don't really recall what the > > specific objections were. > > > > IMO the portage directory doesn't belong under /usr at all.
[snip] > > William > > If/when this happens, we should also consider improving the internal > structure of the portage folder. At the moment we just throw > everything > in it, which is not very user friendly. I recommend creating a > subfolder > for the actual tree, keeping distfiles and packages out. > > For example, my /usr/portage/ on this system looks like this: > > portage/ > tree/ > profiles/ -> tree/profiles/ > distfiles/ > packages/ > layman/ > > it is a big improvement over the current > distfiles-and-packages-mixed-with-tree-while-layman-wanders state :) > -- > Alex Alexander | wired > + Gentoo Linux Developer > ++ www.linuxized.com > Lets move packages/ out of there. I share /usr/portage over NFS to several different arches. Sharing /usr/portage/packages is a really bad idea in that set up. As they all run ~arch, they all build packages so I can downgrade quickly. -- Regards, Roy Bamford (Neddyseagoon) a member of elections gentoo-ops forum-mods trustees
