On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 4:25 AM, George Shapovalov <geo...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Thursday 20 December 2012 09:11:39 Ulrich Mueller wrote: >> > /var/cache/repositories/local <== the new location for a local overlay >> >> Also I wonder if local overlays should be in /var/cache? It might not >> always be possible to restore them. > So, this is the present /usr/local/portage? What's wrong with it? > According to FHS, /usr/local/ is reserved for local admin meddling, which fits > the bill rather nicely fo local overlay. This is the one location that was > actually making sense from the beginning.
I actually like the /var/cache/repositories approach. You can always add a symlink to it if you want to for convenience (as I already do for /var/lib/portage/world). There is really nothing special about /usr/portage, other than it being the lowest-priority overlay. As far as the local one goes - again this is configurable in /etc/make.conf, and we don't really need to pre-create that directory either. Rich
