On 26.11.2012 15:35, Alex Schuster wrote: > Luis Gustavo Vilela de Oliveira writes: > >> Well, with 8Gb RAM, i recommend use tmpfs on PORTAGE_TMPDIR, just while >> u are compiling anything. >> Or even with 6Gb too. > > I have 16 GB, with 8GB for $PORTAGE_TMPDIR on tmpfs. There were issues > with some packages having not enough space, so I have this in > /etc/portage/package.env: > > app-office/libreoffice notmpfs.conf > dev-java/icedtea notmpfs.conf > games-fps/alienarena notmpfs.conf > games-fps/worldofpadman notmpfs.conf > games-sports/vdrift notmpfs.conf > mail-client/thunderbird notmpfs.conf > www-client/firefox notmpfs.conf > > /etc/portage/env.d/notmpfs.conf has this entry, changing PORTAGE_TMPDIR > to real HDD space: > > PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/portage/tmp > > Most of these packages compile with 8 GB of space, but not with parallel > merges, like when Thunderbird and Firefox are both being built at the > same time. > > Alex
THANK YOU!! You solved a problem I have been having for some time. This should go to the "easy Gentoo tricks" thread :) Very happy, Daniel -- PGP key @ http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x837FB8B5BB9D4887 # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887
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