On 02/14/2015 03:52 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 4:24 AM, Jan Sever <n...@email.cz> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was looking for information about the source for checksums of installed
>> files but I didn't find. I'd like to know whether Portage makes checksums
>> (for equery check) from installed files in /, or in /var/tmp/portage. And
>> similarly whether it makes binary packages (when asked) from /, or again
>> from /var/tmp/portage. It'd make sense, it'd make it from /var/tmp/
portage
>> but I'm not sure of that.
>>
>> I have suspicion that my SSD doesn't work quite well, so I mount /var/tmp
>> from memory and I'd like to know whether the final checksums and binary
>> packages cannot be corrupted from SSD.
>>
>> Of course I thought about the possibility that emerging packages from
>> possibly corrupted system is not quite OK but it seems to work.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your answer.
>>
> 
> Your question is somewhat awkwardly worded, but I think you are
> looking for /var/db/pkg/*/*/CONTENTS.

No, I am not. I know this location but I'd like to know where it's
computed from. Live system or PORTAGE_TMPDIR?

-- 
Jan Sever

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