On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:56:04 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:

> /var/tmp/portage should be at least 1G on a modern system, 6G+ if
> building mozilla stuff and OOo is something you intend to do. 

IMO PORTAGE_TMPDIR should not be on such an important filesystem as /var.
Having system programs unable to function properly when they cannot write
to logfiles because you OOo emerge has filled the filesystem is not good.
A separate filesystem for this, using either ext2 or tmpfs is a safer, and
faster, option


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Neil Bothwick

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