Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 21:32:02 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help, I've broken ports and I can't get up Message-ID: <15312.57890.10061.906384@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <69198808@toto.iv>
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Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> types: > On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Doug Poland wrote: > > I recently moved my ports hierarchies with the following command: > > > > # tar -cf - -C ports . | tar xpf - -C /data/usr/ports > I had better luck with what I think was the DISTDIR variable, > which might help if you're concerned with space on a file system, > as distfiles can take quite a lot of space. If that's the problem, WRKDIRPREFIX can help as well, as it lets you unpack the tarballs and do the builds on a file system with more space. If you export /usr/ports via NFS so you can build on other systems, WRKDIRPREFIX is pretty much required. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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