On Wed, 02 Oct 2013 08:04:16 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> I'm interested in what the DEFAULTS are, ie, for a new/from scratch > >> installation. > > > Why? > > While I'm not sure why it matters to you,
Just curious. > it is because I have a policy > that I never change the defaults for anything without a (good) reason. That's reasonable, but I feel there's a good reason here - the default location sucks. > > I installed a VM a couple of weeks ago and I'm sure portage was still > > in /usr. It's easy enough to tell, unpack a stage 3 and see where the > > portage directory lives, but the handbook still refers > > to /usr/portage. > > So you're saying Alan was wrong about /var being the new default... Let's just say he appeared to misremember :) -- Neil Bothwick Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
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