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On 1/27/07, Dale <dalek@××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Vlad Dogaru wrote: |
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> > Hello, |
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> > |
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> > My distfiles is getting quite big and I was thinking of symlinking it |
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> > to another partition (just as a temporary solution until I find the |
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> > time to re-partition my hard drive). I know I could just delete what I |
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> > don't use, but I hope to keep them until the planned reinstall of |
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> > Gentoo, so that I can use at least part of the 1.1 GiB (my bandwith is |
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> > limited). |
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> > |
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> > Can symlinking /usr/portage/distfiles (and even /usr/tmp/portage) to |
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> > directories on another ext2 partition hurt Portage? Are there any |
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> > common pitfalls to this procedure? Are the rights on these directories |
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> > preserved at the next mount or do I also have to edit fstab? |
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> > |
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> > Thanks, |
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> > Vlad |
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> > |
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> |
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> You can change the path to distfiles in make.conf and then move it there. |
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> You do know about eclean I assume? It will remove some of the tarballs |
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> that are no longer needed and give you some space back. |
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Hi everyone, |
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I had no idea about these settings in make.conf or about eclean. I |
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apologise for not having read the proverbial manual thoroughly enough. |
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One question though: is there a reason why PORTAGE_TMPDIR does not |
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default to /tmp? |
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Cheers, |
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Vlad |
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Do mail me if something is wrong with my behaviour. Thank you. |
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