693982 – DISTDIR default value is incorrect in wiki

Bug 693982 - DISTDIR default value is incorrect in wiki

Summary: DISTDIR default value is incorrect in wiki

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Websites
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Wiki (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Wiki Team

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Reported:	2019-09-10 13:44 UTC by hs
Modified:	2019-09-10 14:06 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description hs 2019-09-10 13:44:25 UTC

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/DISTDIR

The default value of DISTDIR variable is in /usr/portage/distfiles. No DISTDIR definition is in make.conf:

# emerge --info
...
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
...

Comment 1 Ben Kohler gentoo-dev

2019-09-10 13:46:38 UTC

For new installations, it is /var/cache/distfiles.  For existing installs, the old setting was preserved by the portage ebuild, written into /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals so as to not break anyone's old setup.

If you set the new value and rebuild portage, it'll update make.globals.

Comment 2 hs 2019-09-10 14:06:08 UTC

Thanks for clearing this up.