On Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:31:15 +0200 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>>> On Fri, 27 Jul 2018, Corentin “Nado” Pazdera wrote: > > > July 27, 2018 4:07 PM, "William Hubbs" <willi...@gentoo.org> > > wrote: > > >> Section 5.5.2 describes the directory structure of /var/cache. > >> These paths are all optional [1]. > >> > >> /var/cache/fonts > >> /var/cache/man > >> /var/cache/www > >> /var/cache/<package> > >> > >> Gentoo isn't a package, so I don't think /var/cache/gentoo/* is > >> appropriate. Here is my proposal: > >> > >> /usr/portage -> /var/db/repos/gentoo > >> /usr/portage/distfiles -> /var/cache/portage/distfiles > >> /usr/portage/packages -> /var/cache/portage/binpkgs > >> > >> I'm not 100% comfortable with /var/db, but I don't have any better > >> suggestion either. > >> > >> [1] > >> http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs-3.0.html#varcacheApplicationCacheData > >> > > > From the same source > > "No other requirements are made on the data format of the cache > > directories." > > And as you have quoted it, everything under /var/cache is > > optional. > > > So anything which doesn't conflict with another package seems fine > > according to FHS. > > That's how I would read it, too. We could of course invent a package > name (like "package-manager" for virtual/package-manager) but it seems > cumbersome, and I don't see any benefit of it. > > There also is /var/cache/fonts, so the FHS itself lists an example of > a directory that's not named after a specific package. > > Ulrich /var/db/repos/gentoo /var/cache/distfiles /var/cache/binpkgs Works for me, just please keep "portage" out of it, after all distfiles are not restricted to portage use only, and neither are binpkgs. There is alternate binpkg installers.
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