On 3 January 2014 05:28, Luis Ressel <ara...@aixah.de> wrote: > > @Kent: Why do you think another distinction for RESTRICT=fetch is > neccessary? If it really is, it could also be integrated into this > solution, but I don't get the point -- either you're allowed to > redistribute it, or you're not. RESTRICT=fetch just signals Portage > that it won't be *technically* able to download the distfiles.
Fair point. I was more seeing a pattern emerging and exploring where that might lead. Though I figure it a useful distinction for convenience sake. Consider if you wanted to archive some files to make a subsequent gentoo installation easier. It would be optimal to backup and replicate the nofetch directory for the subsequent installation, because that's the only directory that portage would be unable to populate itself from upstream sources. so it becomes: /distfiles # Gentoo Replicated and Fetchable from upstream /distfiles-normirror # Fetch from upstream only /distfiles-nofetch # manual fetching only So it was more a practical benefit than a legal one =). ( Also if you were tight on space, you'd obliterate distfiles/ first, distfiles-nomirror/ second, and distfiles-nofetch/ last ) -- Kent
