From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 00:43:12 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D88916A410 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from typhoon.enabled.com (typhoon.enabled.com [216.218.220.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B69B13C4B4 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:43:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Received: from [172.23.10.40] (nat-service4.juniper.net [66.129.225.151]) (authenticated bits=0) by typhoon.enabled.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l180h7i6036910 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:43:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from admin2@enabled.com) Message-ID: <45CA7215.7030004@enabled.com> Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:43:01 -0800 From: Noah User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Macintosh/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: User Questions References: <45CA6413.6000400@enabled.com> <20070207193234.BFA4.GERARD@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20070207193234.BFA4.GERARD@seibercom.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: /tmp getting full form portmanager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:43:12 -0000 Hi, I dont think this is an adequate solution. /tmp is filling up during the portmanager run. in other words - while I am running /tmp fills up. so it needs to be erased periodically while portmanager is running or else no other packages can be downloaded are there other solutions? what about a sym link to /var/tmp - will that break anything? Are you sure that "clear_tmp_enabled" doesnt just force clearing tmp upon reboot? Cheers, Noah Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Wednesday February 07, 2007 at 06:43:15 (PM) Noah wrote: > > > >> /tmp is filling from portmanager is placing .db information and build >> details during its run. >> >> what options to I have to alleviate the troubles this creates? >> > > Erase them. Besides how much trouble can they be causing? > > Honestly, portmanager only uses those files when it runs. Each time it > is restarted, except with the '--resume' flag, it erases them and > creates new one. > > By the way, do you have: > > clear_tmp_enabled="YES" > > in your /etc/rc.conf file? If not, you might want to add it if you feel > that you /tmp directory is getting clogged with garbage. I believe there > is a setting in periodic daily to clean out tmp files only. > >