> On 6 Mar 2023, at 02:56, Kevin Oberman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 11:37 PM Daniel Braniss <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Hi,
> how can I tell pkg not to write to /? in my case sometimes /
> is mounted ro, and so for example pkg update failed, or
> / - which is usually- kept as small as possible gets filled up, eg
> by /.pkgtemp.compat.xxxxx/linux
>
> thanks,
> danny
>
> What command are you using? Normally pkg should not be writing to root unless
> one of the files it does write to is on the same file system.
with a read-only root this failed:
pkg update
with a writable root the above works.
also, using portmaster …. (i don’t know which port, but suspect linux)
the root partition got filled up, and after some hunting i found
du -hs /.pkgtemp.compat.7vhU2YxJLCDB/
243M /.pkgtemp.compat.7vhU2YxJLCDB/
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