Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinking /usr/portage/distfiles

["Vlad Dogaru" <ddvlad@gmail.com>]

On 1/27/07, Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net> wrote:
> Vlad Dogaru wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > My distfiles is getting quite big and I was thinking of symlinking it
> > to another partition (just as a temporary solution until I find the
> > time to re-partition my hard drive). I know I could just delete what I
> > don't use, but I hope to keep them until the planned reinstall of
> > Gentoo, so that I can use at least part of the 1.1 GiB (my bandwith is
> > limited).
> >
> > Can symlinking /usr/portage/distfiles (and even /usr/tmp/portage) to
> > directories on another ext2 partition hurt Portage? Are there any
> > common pitfalls to this procedure? Are the rights on these directories
> > preserved at the next mount or do I also have to edit fstab?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Vlad
> >
>
> You can change the path to distfiles in make.conf and then move it there.
>
> You do know about eclean I assume?  It will remove some of the tarballs
> that are no longer needed and give you some space back.

Hi everyone,

I had no idea about these settings in make.conf or about eclean. I
apologise for not having read the proverbial manual thoroughly enough.
One question though: is there a reason why PORTAGE_TMPDIR does not
default to /tmp?

Cheers,
Vlad

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