[gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[n952162]

I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?

Re: [gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[Michael Orlitzky]

On 1/5/21 5:17 PM, n952162 wrote:
> I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
> drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?
> 

Using the PORTAGE_TMPDIR variable (man make.conf).

Re: [gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[tastytea]

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On 2021-01-05 23:17+0100 n952162 <n952162@web.de> wrote:

> I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
> drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?

Set PORTAGE_TMPDIR in your make.conf. See `man 5 make.conf`.

Kind regards, tastytea.

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Re: [gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[n952162]

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On 1/5/21 11:17 PM, n952162 wrote:
> I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
> drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?
>
>

Thank you all for the suggestion about make.conf.  I'd seen something
about configuring it in

*|/etc/portage/env/notmpfs.conf|*

||and that seemed unfamiliar.

*||*

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Re: [gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[Michael]

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On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 22:33:44 GMT n952162 wrote:
> On 1/5/21 11:17 PM, n952162 wrote:
> > I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
> > drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?
> 
> Thank you all for the suggestion about make.conf.  I'd seen something
> about configuring it in
> 
> *|/etc/portage/env/notmpfs.conf|*
> 
> ||and that seemed unfamiliar.
> 
> *||*

You could use /etc/portage/env/ to specify various emerge directives for a 
particular package, while the rest will be built using the default settings.

Setting PORTAGE_TMPDIR in make.conf will define the default directory for all 
packages.

What is it you are trying to achieve?

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Re: [gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[n952162]

On 1/5/21 11:38 PM, Michael wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 22:33:44 GMT n952162 wrote:
>> On 1/5/21 11:17 PM, n952162 wrote:
>>> I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
>>> drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?
>> Thank you all for the suggestion about make.conf.  I'd seen something
>> about configuring it in
>>
>> *|/etc/portage/env/notmpfs.conf|*
>>
>> ||and that seemed unfamiliar.
>>
>> *||*
> You could use /etc/portage/env/ to specify various emerge directives for a
> particular package, while the rest will be built using the default settings.
>
> Setting PORTAGE_TMPDIR in make.conf will define the default directory for all
> packages.
>
> What is it you are trying to achieve?


Ah, that's the distinction.  Good, thank you.

I am currently moving all my files to the new location and have updated
make.conf appropriately.

80G for a root filesystem is not enough.

Re: [gentoo-user] moving /var/tmp/portage

[n952162]

On 1/5/21 11:46 PM, n952162 wrote:
> On 1/5/21 11:38 PM, Michael wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 22:33:44 GMT n952162 wrote:
>>> On 1/5/21 11:17 PM, n952162 wrote:
>>>> I'm thinking about putting the stuff in /var/tmp/portage on another
>>>> drive and linking with a symlink.  Is there a better way?
>>> Thank you all for the suggestion about make.conf.  I'd seen something
>>> about configuring it in
>>>
>>> *|/etc/portage/env/notmpfs.conf|*
>>>
>>> ||and that seemed unfamiliar.
>>>
>>> *||*
>> You could use /etc/portage/env/ to specify various emerge directives
>> for a
>> particular package, while the rest will be built using the default
>> settings.
>>
>> Setting PORTAGE_TMPDIR in make.conf will define the default directory
>> for all
>> packages.
>>
>> What is it you are trying to achieve?
>
>
> Ah, that's the distinction.  Good, thank you.
>
> I am currently moving all my files to the new location and have updated
> make.conf appropriately.
>
> 80G for a root filesystem is not enough.
>
>

(especially when you've got the "noclean" FEATURE set  ;-) )