>>>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Diego Elio Pettenò wrote: > On 19/12/2012 13:44, Marc Schiffbauer wrote: >> I would suggest /var/portage ...
> Seriously, mine is going to be a huge veto here with as much power I > can put. Why? The portage tree is of central importance for Gentoo, so IMHO a second-level directory would be acceptable for it. Besides, it currently is in /usr/portage, so it wouldn't be new but would only move from /usr to /var. > There is a _reason_ why stuff is added to /var/lib instead of having > /var/postgres > /var/mysql > /var/foobar > /var/wtf > /var/wth > /var/imtired > ... I don't understand how this is related to the discussion. None of the above have any relevance for Gentoo that would be comparable to Portage. This doesn't mean that /var/portage is the only possible choice. But IMHO it's better than some of the other suggestions that I've seen here, like /var/cache/portage/repositories/gentoo/tree and so on. > As I said on other messages before (which you probably missed since > you ask "Why not?"), putting it in /var/lib or /var/db or /var/cache > makes it explicit how you should handle its backup. Yes, these are certainly fine, as long as we don't add additional useless subdirectory levels. > /var/portage ? I have to look it up manually. Please, stay serious. ;-) Ulrich
