> <mailto:
address@hidden>> wrote:
>
> Hi Gernot,
>
> Just a bit of background information on %ldirs. Although it can be used
> to provide a way of users storing their own content, it's not intended
> for that.
>
> The purpose of %ldirs was mainly to provide a backward compatible way of
> supporting older LTIBs without having to re-duplicate downloaded
> content. If you look at the setting you see:
>
> 1. /var/tmp/pkgs
> 2. /opt/freescale/pkgs
>
> 1. Was the really really old place that LTIB stored downloaded content.
> It was chosen as it was open to write by all users. It soon got
> discarded as I forgot tmpwatch (Fedora) will clean this area up if a
> file hasn't been accessed for x amount of time.
>
> 2. This is where Freescale BSPs download to, it's still current. I
> wanted to separate the Savannah/Freescale download areas, but not to
> re-downloaded if content was present in /opt/freescale/pkgs, so that's
> why this is in %ldirs
>
> Now back to the original point. It's best not to extend %ldirs without
> care, for example as a per-user storage (supported by multiple dirs).
> The reason is that you could end up with:
> * duplication of content
> * filename clashes (2 files of same name in different area)
> You could legitimately use %ldirs in a controlled way if you added one
> directory that you were going to use say for your own original (possibly
> sensitive/proprietary) content.
>
> Regards, Stuart
>
>
> Gernot Hillier wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Am 26.05.2010 14:51, schrieb abc xyz:
> > [LPP in another directory]
> >> The point got clear..To maintain uniqueness it is better to put the
> >> tarball in some specific location...
> >
> > Nevertheless, you can do that. See the directive "%ldirs" in your
> .ltibrc.
> >
>
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