From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5681 invoked by uid 1002); 2 Jan 2003 14:30:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 29151 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2003 14:30:27 -0000 Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 15:28:49 +0100 From: Maik Schreiber To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20030102142849.GA5377@wolverine.hh.iq-computing.de> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org References: <20030102135640.6de07a50.smiler@lanil.mine.nu> <3E1444E0.5000500@dev.celestialwizard.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FCuugMFkClbJLl1L" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E1444E0.5000500@dev.celestialwizard.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] A few ideas... X-Archives-Salt: dda28041-45a4-4b0f-a025-3fbb2adc6cb7 X-Archives-Hash: 40d03ca63223017c1230472a98ac82a7 --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > One of the things I have thought might be useful with regard to RAM=20 > disks is how Sorceror Linux uses them. Instead of doing compiles on=20 > disk, why not make it on a tmpfs RAM disk? For those with enough=20 > memory, it is extremely fast (no real I/O), and for those that don't it= =20 > can use swap. And there is no reason why this can't be an option for=20 > those that wish it. Put an option in the make.profile ? It's as easy as setting PORTAGE_TMPDIR in /etc/make.conf --=20 Maik Schreiber, Gentoo Linux Developer http://www.gentoo.org mailto:blizzy@gentoo.org --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+FEygVkAAbx8R1xMRAg9lAJ98WdSzcDg+J8K9rb/sy7zbnqf+hgCdHnEm QXQqkL4zKpDTB4vTykBN03c= =RkX7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FCuugMFkClbJLl1L--