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On 4/9/2014 20:17, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> So, after the detour...

There was no detour.  You were given a comprehensive answer.



>>> On 4/9/2014 12:38, Melvyn Sopacua wrote:
> 
>>>> Though it makes no sense in my mind. Distfiles belong to ports not
>>>> packages. What problem was solved by moving this?
> 
> This still doesn't make sense. Distfiles are of no concern to binary
> packages, so why would I continue to clutter /var/db/pkg with a large
> tree of directories that is then duplicated to /var/db/ports?
> What problem in portmaster or the options framework was solved by moving
> this?

If the portmaster-created "distfiles" bother you, stop using portmaster,
perhaps?  It seems superfluous to me anyway; I don't get why people feel
they need it with pkg.

IFAIK, options has always been in /var/db/ports, this is not new.  It
didn't get moved.

I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with the "what problem was
solved" line of questioning.  If it were moved, are you trying to get it
moved back?  What's the goal here?

John