Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 02:58:52 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: /usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap Message-ID: <42F489DC.1080400@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20050806092232.GA850@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <42F47C0D.2020704@freebsd.org> <20050806092232.GA850@zaphod.nitro.dk>
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Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2005.08.06 01:59:57 -0700, Colin Percival wrote: >>Is this a reasonable excuse for violating hier(7) and putting the >>compressed snapshot into /usr/portsnap? For reference, the port keeps >>the snapshot in /usr/local/portsnap. > > Wouldn't it make sense to put in on /var, and if people do not have > enough space there, they can just symlink the portsnap directory to a > location that has enough space? Probably... I'm just worried about inexperienced FreeBSD users who would see an error message about /var being full and not know what to do about it. Colin Percival
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