On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 01:36:18PM -0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: [...]
> > 2) Should there be a /usr/local/pobj partition created with correct mount > > options? (I appreciate building ports is an "advanced" thing to do - but it > > feels weird having to mess with partition layout after a fresh install just > > to > > build them) > > Ports doesn't use /usr/local/pobj by default (you can set it via WRKOBJDIR > in mk.conf, but /usr/local isn't a great place for a filesystem with rapid > changes during a port build). Also, /usr/local/pobj *is* normally wxallowed. > > If you are using ports I would strongly recommend a separate filesystem > for /usr/ports, either with default ports-related directories (i.e. don't > change dirs in mk.conf) and set that wxallowed, or with a separate WRKOBJDIR > on a wxallowed filesystem. I think it might be worth repeating that packages are the recommended way to use third-party software. And that's also a great justification why there is no /usr/ports partition on a default install. Unless you are doing ports development work, you shouldn't need the ports tree. There are rare ports which don't have a package (for license reasons). If you need one of them, CVS has the advantage over git that you can checkout a subdirectory. If you do this for an individual port, the space requirements should be minimal. Still, for regular use you shouldn't need to deal with any of this.
