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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 20:11:50
Message-Id: CAK2H+efr5g9hSAP=b1dC4bNYXLRxNZk9QFewAoRFrH5SDZvDEw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? by Walter Dnes
1 On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
2 > On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:17:07AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote
3 >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote:
4 >> <SNIP>
5 >> >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs)
6 >> >>
7 >> >
8 >> > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree?
9 >> >
10 >> > Rgds,
11 >>
12 >> distfiles has a tendency to grow large over the years. IIRC nothing
13 >> cleans it up automatically so having it separate is just a simple
14 >> safety mechanism to not run out of disk space after emerge -fDuN
15 >> @world, etc.
16 >
17 >  man eclean
18 > http://gpio.ca/cgi-bin/man/man2html?1+eclean
19 >
20 > --
21 > Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
22 >
23
24 Yes, true, but all I said was that TTBOMK nothing does it
25 automatically, not that it cannot be automated.
26
27 - Mark

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Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? "Stéphane Guedon" <stephane@××××××××××.eu>
Re: [gentoo-user] Partitioning strategy...? Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>