>>>>> On Wed, 19 Dec 2012, Brian Dolbec wrote: > just to clarify, I'm voting for...
> /var/cache/distfiles > /var/cache/packages Fine. > /var/cache/repositories/ > /var/cache/repositories/gentoo <== the main portage tree > /var/cache/repositories/local <== the new location for a local overlay > /var/cache/repositories/some-overlay <== layman installed overlay So the Portage tree would move from the second level (/usr/portage) to the fourth level? IMHO this is unacceptable. Make it /var/cache/gentoo or /var/cache/portage; the /var/cache directory really isn't so overpopulated that there's a need for hiding things in subdirs. Also I wonder if local overlays should be in /var/cache? It might not always be possible to restore them. Ulrich