>>>>> On Fri, 1 Aug 2014, Martin Vaeth wrote:

> Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sat, 26 Jul 2014, Martin Vaeth wrote:
>> 
>>> Quite the opposite, PMS claims that one cannot rely on
>>> anything stored in /var/db
>> 
>> Where does it say so?
> "Appendix B: Unspecified Items

> The following items are not specified by this document,
> and must not be relied upon by ebuilds.
> [...]
> The VDB (/var/db/pkg)
> [...]"

This says that ebuilds must not access the VDB. It says nothing about
the package manager doing so.

Ulrich

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