Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 01:46:39 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: "E. J. Cerejo" <edinho64@netscape.net> Cc: kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: portupgrade "---> Backing up the old version" Message-ID: <20030415084639.GA62994@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3E9BB421.4040105@netscape.net> References: <3E9BAD8C.3030806@netscape.net> <20030415070640.GC62600@rot13.obsecurity.org> <3E9BB421.4040105@netscape.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 03:26:25AM -0400, E. J. Cerejo wrote: > > > kris@obsecurity.org wrote: > >On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:58:20AM -0400, E. J. Cerejo wrote: > > > >>While using portupgrade I noticed before it deinstalls the old port it > >>says something like "---> Backing up the old version" and then it goes > >>on deinstalling and installing the new version. Where does this backup > >>go? I looked at the man page and it says something like /var/tmp but I > >>went into that directory and there is nothing in there relating to a > >>port back! Does portupgrade delete that backup after the successful > >>install of the new version? > > > > > >Yes. > > > >Kris > > I'm running out of space in /var, how do you specify an alternate path > for that backup? TMPDIR Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+m8bvWry0BWjoQKURAuGqAJ44IjtUSkwOhXAJAU67WwhaqKxoVwCcCQ4G m2cRorAkKJfc8pWvZSmWGno= =OfMA -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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