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On Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:44:07 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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> I kind of get what they are saying but at the same time using tmpfs |
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> doesn't matter. Once the tarball is read off the drive, it doesn't |
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> matter whether portage is run on a tmpfs or not. |
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Reading the tarball has nothing to do with this, we are discussing |
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filesystems for PORTAGE_TMPDIR, not DISTDIR. It's where the source is |
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unpacked, the object files compiled to, the executables linked to and the |
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install image created that is relevant to TMPDIR. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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What's the difference between ignorance and apathy? |
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I don't know and I don't care |