S enlightened us with:
> Would you recommend to set these 2 directories (distfiles, packages)
> on FAT32 partition?

Definitely not for packages. That dir uses symlinks, which don't exist
on FAT.

> Sometimes it facilitates swapping those binary files (wich are of
> time- consuming downloads/compilations) between computers,
> especially when they are multiboot ones and sometimes they run
> MSwindows ...

So? Then you share them using Samba.

> Anyways, is there any risk of using FAT32 specifically for these two
> directories (assuming all other partitions are ext3)?

Yes.

Sybren
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