Alex Alexander wrote: > On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 09:05:58AM +0100, Peter Hjalmarsson wrote: >> I sometimes think the main problem is the tree itself. Portage really >> should had a directory of its own, but maybe with anoher structure, >> like /var/portage, /var/portage/tree (the current >> PORTDIR), /var/portage/distfiles (i.e. split out distfiles from the tree >> itself), /var/portage/overlays/layman or /var/portage/layman. >> I of course realize that change the structure of the whole portdir would >> had inresting complications, so take this comment just as serious as you >> like. <snip> > /var/portage/ > /var/portage/tree > /var/portage/layman > /var/portage/overlays (non-layman managed, layman could also be in here) > /var/portage/distfiles > /var/portage/packages
Not that I really care, but are these "portage-only" and we might need /var/{paludis,pkgcore,...}/*? So what about /var/gentoo/*? /haubi/ -- Michael Haubenwallner Gentoo on a different level