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On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 18:23:30 +0000, Fernando Meira wrote: |
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> > You don't need to add partitions, because portage isn't hard coded to |
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> > use any particular partitions. If you run out of space during |
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> > emerges, you only have to change $PORTAGE_TMPDIR to somewhere with |
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> > more space than /var. Equally, you can change $DISTDIR to reduce the |
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> > amount of space used in /usr/portage, you could even change it to a |
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> > FAT32 partition of your Windows installation has more free space than |
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> > Gentoo. |
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> So I can point them both to the FAT32 partition and get 1Gb back (when |
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> not emerging) to gentoo's system.. that's interesting! That could help |
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> me until I find a real solution to the mess on my pc... :) |
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I'm not sure whether $PORTAGE_TMPDIR would work on a FAT32 partition, |
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because of the lack of permissions. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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