From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HAqik-0002B3-Vy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:48:07 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l0RGkx7s002018; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:46:59 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0RGeseT026847 for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:40:54 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id c31so2837349nfb for ; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:40:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Rud2WDapHwGzzf1iiOTYtQ3asv88nsOUGmvT63oOkXq3SC/vSKN9cJjoNWtmntKMkaFDlK3P2yxnDxllhViZDtO02vidHoQQ0ccgmmLoeJaU7N7e4h03GQrlvQmx3z9UptiOTS6hJgCu9PD6LssOrdI8snOrof2DhUDmzBYHHBQ= Received: by 10.82.105.13 with SMTP id d13mr2595804buc.1169916053893; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:40:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.179.19 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:40:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:40:53 +0200 From: "Vlad Dogaru" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Symlinking /usr/portage/distfiles In-Reply-To: <45BB5444.50700@exceedtech.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <45BB5444.50700@exceedtech.net> X-Archives-Salt: 743888e3-5bf6-41f2-8db8-0a4003fea4bd X-Archives-Hash: 08e73d3af33831f5b75410318fc40723 On 1/27/07, Dale 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 -- How's my English? How about my Netiquette? Do mail me if something is wrong with my behaviour. Thank you. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list