Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 17:49:24 -0600 (CST) From: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> To: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [installworld] Do We need /usr/obj Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1601241738500.51005@abbf.ynefrvtuareubzr.pbz> In-Reply-To: <56A532AC.3050803@tundraware.com> References: <56A532AC.3050803@tundraware.com>
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On Sun, 24 Jan 2016, Tim Daneliuk wrote: > One of the servers I maintain has a very small footprint (it's a VPS). > It is set up to do a full buildworld/buildkernel every night. That way, > when its time to upgrade for, say, security reasons, there is no build delay > (which takes nearly 5 hours on this virtual machine). > Yes, you can delete /usr/bin after installworld. The problem is that you will need approximately the same space if and when you rebuild the system. So if you are rebuilding periodically (such as nightly), you cannot gain any space this way. If you have space in /tmp or /var you could link /usr/bin to some of that space. You could also mount removable storage at /usr/bin for the build, but this is not going to work with an automated chron job or without physical access to the machine to attach the moveable storage. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266
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