-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 20/12/12 10:37 AM, Brian Dolbec wrote: >> >>> /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 > > My idea for having all repos under one directory is to make it > easier for a pkg manager to simply scan the directory to know all > installed overlays. Currently each one has to be listed in a > configured variable in make.conf. So if you wanted your local > overlay somewhere else, then a symlink would work (provided the PM > can/will autoscan repos), or add it to the PORTDIR_OVERLAY variable > (current behavior). I don't otherwise have a strong desire for it > to be there. > > If and only if the tree and all overlays (not other directories) > are not under one directory, then an autoscan cannot easily > happen. >
You could do this while not having the portage tree be in that directory. IE, portage goes in /var/cache/portage , and all the overlays go into /var/cache/repositories. The tree is separate enough IMO that autoscan can still happen easily, and also I believe that it can be assumed that the tree is in place. For instance, if the tree's location is defined to be elsewhere, it isn't done so via PORTDIR_OVERLAYS but rather PORTDIR. On an unrelated note, I would never treat my "local" overlays as cache. Ebuilds that (as a user) I wrote and installed by hand are not likely to be kept in a repository someplace, but rather the overlay dir would most likely be it's only location. IIRC the reason for /usr/portage/local/ was to have a path within the portage tree that rsync wouldn't kill; given that what you're suggesting is already not under the proposed portage tree location, emerge --sync couldn't touch it, and so I don't see a need at all to provide a 'local' repository destination by default. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlDTNlQACgkQ2ugaI38ACPCxQAEApT/7CaIbuVTwnDQk93hhDjGu mXKPdCJg4h1iMECtdoABAJj2601LuRPUKFJ+BJa/FqrdRTsjSpBRiEd8pvO2042P =W3T9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
