On 10/25/2014 12:45 PM, Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 10/25/2014 09:57 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 10/7/2014 6:03 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tuesday 07 Oct 2014 22:56:28 Mike Gilbert wrote: >>>> Quite the opposite. Ideally, you should remove the PORTDIR setting >>>> from make.conf. repos.conf is the newer, more flexible way to >>>> configure it. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately, that will break some of the third-party portage tools >>>> which parse make.conf directly. >> >>> <Scratches head> ... so are we supposed to guess this, wait for a news >>> article >>> somewhere, or will it show up in an emerge log somewhere? >> >> So... would appreciate a response from someone who knows. >> >> I really dislike making systemic changes like this without really solid >> guidance on how (and hopefully the why too)...
> I'm only guessing, but I don't think PORTDIR is going away for a while. Ok, but that doesn't answer the main question... Mike Gilbert - apparently a gentoo dev - said that ideally we should remove the PORTDIR setting. This begs three questions... 1. Is this correct? 2. If so, is there a definitive guide/news item/post somewhere that explains the details (how and why mainly)? 3. If not, why did Mike say this? thanks...
