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

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

rane        06/01/01 18:35:57

  Modified:    xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1 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
1.4       +9 -8      xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml

file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.4&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml.diff?r1=1.3&r2=1.4&cvsroot=gentoo

Index: hb-install-amd64-disk.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- hb-install-amd64-disk.xml	25 Aug 2005 19:22:50 -0000	1.3
+++ hb-install-amd64-disk.xml	1 Jan 2006 18:35:57 -0000	1.4
@@ -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/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml,v 1.3 2005/08/25 19:22:50 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-amd64-disk.xml,v 1.4 2006/01/01 18:35:57 rane Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>5.1</version>
-<date>2005-08-25</date>
+<version>5.2</version>
+<date>2006-01-01</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -204,11 +204,12 @@
 <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>



1.4       +9 -8      xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml

file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml?rev=1.4&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo
plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo
diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml.diff?r1=1.3&r2=1.4&cvsroot=gentoo

Index: hb-install-x86-disk.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.3
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.3 -r1.4
--- hb-install-x86-disk.xml	25 Aug 2005 19:22:50 -0000	1.3
+++ hb-install-x86-disk.xml	1 Jan 2006 18:35:57 -0000	1.4
@@ -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/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml,v 1.3 2005/08/25 19:22:50 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/hb-install-x86-disk.xml,v 1.4 2006/01/01 18:35:57 rane Exp $ -->
 
 <sections>
 
-<version>5.1</version>
-<date>2005-08-25</date>
+<version>5.2</version>
+<date>2006-01-01</date>
 
 <section>
 <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title>
@@ -211,11 +211,12 @@
 <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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