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Date:      Sun, 5 Aug 2012 19:40:04 +0300
From:      Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
Subject:   Re: [CFT] [bsd.port.mk] ports ccache build support
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On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> On 5 August 2012 04:15, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 4 Aug 2012 17:38:44 -0700
>> Eitan Adler wrote:
>
>> Why isn't it? In that scenario /var/cache wouldn't be writable.
>
> IMHO the directories used by the ports system should be predictable
> and static. Which user you happen to be shouldn't affect that choice.
>
Regardless of what the shared directory is the problem of setting
permissions so that multiple users can share the ccache directory is
something that the ports system shouldn't try to solve. Leave it to
the admin of the system.



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