From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 26 12:53:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39FB816A4CE; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:53:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from meitner.wh.uni-dortmund.de (meitner.wh.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.129.133]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFBB043D39; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 12:53:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) Received: from lofi.dyndns.org (pc2-105.intern.meitner [10.3.12.105]) by meitner.wh.uni-dortmund.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D37BD16769E; Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:53:45 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.8.4] (kiste.my.domain [192.168.8.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by lofi.dyndns.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2QKri36066106 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:53:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from michaelnottebrock@gmx.net) From: Michael Nottebrock To: FreeBSD-X11@FreeBSD.org Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:53:40 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <200403262014.i2QKExS2000554@callisto.local> In-Reply-To: <200403262014.i2QKExS2000554@callisto.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_XhJZAZvpwMemqLd"; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200403262153.43989.michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new cc: Carl Mascott cc: ports@FreeBSD.org cc: portmgr@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Any reason why XFree86-4-Server pkg doesn't extract in-place? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:53:47 -0000 --Boundary-02=_XhJZAZvpwMemqLd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 26 March 2004 21:14, Carl Mascott wrote: > Is there some reason why the XFree86-4-Server port does not use > @option extract-in-place? Since there is no require file or > pre-install script I see no reason why it could not extract in > place. A grep through the ports-collection shows me that there isn't any port whic= h=20 sets @option. Perhaps this has just historical reasons, does anyone at know= =20 more (ports@ and portmgr@ cc'd)? > I bring this up because my systems all have small /var/tmp > directories. The first time I tried to install this package > the installation failed with a message about needing 400,000 > (unspecified; sectors? 1K blocks?) in /var/tmp. > It would be nice not to need a large /var/tmp (or other > temporary directory) for no good reason. IMHO, wanting to install binary packages (there are much larger ones out th= ere=20 than XFree86-Server) is a very good reason to have a large enough (/var/)tm= p. =2D-=20 ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi@freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.org --Boundary-02=_XhJZAZvpwMemqLd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAZJhXXhc68WspdLARAkJhAJ9o4K+2nZwwkO9KPfeWAniELdriLQCfeB4G CuMUAgILqbwULMGe8zLYffE= =3Plf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_XhJZAZvpwMemqLd--