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On 01/02/2006, at 2:22 AM, RW wrote:

> On Monday 30 January 2006 19:57, James B. Van Bokkelen wrote:
>
>> build OO from ports, but the makefile warned me it needed 9GB free,
>> which would require another cycle of re-installation to obtain.
>
> Move  /usr/ports to another partition and symlink it

Better yet, just set WRKDIRPREFIX.