[gentoo-doc-cvs] cvs commit: hb-install-amd64-disk.xml

["Lukasz Damentko" <rane@lark.gentoo.org>]

rane        06/01/01 18:33:57

  Modified:    xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook hb-install-amd64-disk.xml
                        hb-install-x86-disk.xml
  Log:
  #114337, recommended /var size wasn't big enough to build openoffice

Revision  Changes    Path
1.23      +9 -8      xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml

file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.23&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.23&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml.diff?r1=1.22&r2=1.23&cvsroot=gentoo

Index: hb-install-amd64-disk.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.22
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -r1.22 -r1.23
--- hb-install-amd64-disk.xml	25 Aug 2005 19:22:50 -0000	1.22
+++ hb-install-amd64-disk.xml	1 Jan 2006 18:33:57 -0000	1.23
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml,v 1.22 2005/08/25 19:22:50 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml,v 1.23 2006/01/01 18:33:57 rane Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>2.4</version>
-<date>2005-08-25</date>
+<version>2.5</version>
+<date>2006-01-01</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -206,11 +206,12 @@
 <p>
 <path>/usr</path> is rather full (83% used) here, but once
 all software is installed, <path>/usr</path> doesn't tend to grow that much.
-For <path>/var</path>, people might think the assigned
-space is too much. However, Gentoo compiles all programs inside
-<path>/var/tmp/portage</path>, so you should have <path>/var</path> with at
-least 1G free if you don't want to compile big programs and at least 3G free if 
-compiling KDE or OpenOffice.org is no big deal for you.
+Although allocating a few gigabytes of disk space for <path>/var</path> may
+seem excessive, remember that Portage uses this partition by default for
+compiling packages. If you want to keep <path>/var</path> at a more reasonable
+size, such as 1GB, you will need to alter your <c>PORTAGE_TMPDIR</c> variable
+in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> to point to the partition with enough free space
+for compiling extremely large packages such as OpenOffice.
 </p>
 
 </body>



1.25      +9 -8      xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml

file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml?rev=1.25&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml.diff?r1=1.24&r2=1.25&cvsroot=gentoo

Index: hb-install-x86-disk.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.24
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.24 -r1.25
--- hb-install-x86-disk.xml	25 Aug 2005 19:22:50 -0000	1.24
+++ hb-install-x86-disk.xml	1 Jan 2006 18:33:57 -0000	1.25
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license -->
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml,v 1.24 2005/08/25 19:22:50 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/hb-install-x86-disk.xml,v 1.25 2006/01/01 18:33:57 rane Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>2.4</version>
-<date>2005-08-25</date>
+<version>2.5</version>
+<date>2006-01-01</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -212,11 +212,12 @@
 <p>
 <path>/usr</path> is rather full (83% used) here, but once
 all software is installed, <path>/usr</path> doesn't tend to grow that much.
-For <path>/var</path>, people might think the assigned
-space is too much. However, Gentoo compiles all programs inside
-<path>/var/tmp/portage</path>, so you should have <path>/var</path> with at
-least 1G free if you don't want to compile big programs and at least 3G free if 
-compiling KDE or OpenOffice.org is no big deal for you.
+Although allocating a few gigabytes of disk space for <path>/var</path> may
+seem excessive, remember that Portage uses this partition by default for
+compiling packages. If you want to keep <path>/var</path> at a more reasonable
+size, such as 1GB, you will need to alter your <c>PORTAGE_TMPDIR</c> variable
+in <path>/etc/make.conf</path> to point to the partition with enough free space
+for compiling extremely large packages such as OpenOffice.
 </p>
 
 </body>



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