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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...?
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:18:15
Message-Id: CAK2H+ednstk8CLaNa_s89Cf38UVbRCmZyD1pVckwpTvj0LCgSg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? by Pandu Poluan
1 On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
2 <SNIP>
3 >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs)
4 >>
5 >
6 > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree?
7 >
8 > Rgds,
9
10 distfiles has a tendency to grow large over the years. IIRC nothing
11 cleans it up automatically so having it separate is just a simple
12 safety mechanism to not run out of disk space after emerge -fDuN
13 @world, etc.
14
15 I do it also.
16
17 - Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? "Stéphane Guedon" <stephane@××××××××××.eu>
Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>