On Sun, 6 Feb 2011 10:31:49 +0100, Cedric Sodhi wrote: > 1. With a sudden change portage would simply resync to a new directory, > the old tree would rot in /usr
And people would hit problems because /var bas filled up! I'm not saying the current default is right, it's not, but you are over-simplifying the work involved in making a change. Actually, the way to make the change is not to change the default, yet, but to change the default make.conf for new installs, and the accompanying documentation. That way existing systems are unaffected, which is how it should be with a change of default. -- Neil Bothwick And then Adam said, "What's a headache?
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