Hello On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 11:35:25PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:01:24 +0200, Michal 'vorner' Vaner wrote: > > > portage can use any directory you like for its workspace, you don't > > > have to remote mount /var to achieve this. You could mount /var/tmp > > > over NFS, but setting PORTAGE_TMPDIR is less kludgy. > > > > Well, seems on the same level for me, but that is only personal > > preference. > > It's not the same at all. you are advocating mounting the whole of /var > on a networked filesystem, which could affect the performance of the > system as a whole.
Yes, which I was glad - the NFS filesystem was faster than local disk :D But that is not the point, as nothing run at the time (the machine had enough anyway). Have a nice day -- Wait few minutes before opening this email. The temperature difference could lead to vapour condensation. Michal "vorner" Vaner
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