Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:30:26 +0300 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: WORLDTMP on a ram disk Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSe9GSsVaHBw9F%2B-anPWwzU4xDQZ4Kc0O9popsKmpREP4w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <60A8F6C1-2A06-4646-9A28-83608FF23443@FreeBSD.org> References: <CA%2B7WWScx1kR3HhNQ_K2hpOh0SFSQnQXwho13QbCB3WtyNjHGig@mail.gmail.com> <60A8F6C1-2A06-4646-9A28-83608FF23443@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Dimitry Andric <dim@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Apr 20, 2013, at 11:55, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> wrote: >> Poking around the /usr/src/Makefile.inc1 I see that there's a variable >> called "WORLDTMP" that seems to set the location for temporary files >> during the world build. My question is now: >> >> Is it safe to put WORLDTMP on a ram disk, for example tmpfs(5)? >> >> Looking at the build process it seems to me that the temporary files >> are no longer needed after make buildworld has finished? > > > The problem is that you need those temporary files for installworld, and > you must reboot with your new kernel before running that... > Well that was what I was after, I was somehow under the impression that the files in WORLDTMP would be moved to more permanent location under /usr/obj for installworld to find them. -Kimmo
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