In the last episode (Nov 29), Vulpes Velox said: > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:03:33 -0600 Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the last episode (Nov 28), Kevin Smith said: > > > The /usr/ports can take up a lot of space and I'm wondering if > > > there are limitations to having ports live in a another files > > > system with a symbolic link from /usr/ports to a ports directory > > > in another file system. > > > > No limitations at all. You can even symlink it over NFS to another > > machine if you want (set WRKDIRPREFIX to a local path in > > /etc/make.conf though, to speed up builds). > > If one is going to be using NFS for it, I don't see any reason not to > just mount it right to /usr/ports instead of messing with symbolic > linking.
The symlink lets amd do the work of mounting the filesystem, that's all. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"