From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 8 03:46:22 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F27A16A400 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:46:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7857313C4B8 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2007 03:46:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from roberthuff@rcn.com) Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2007 22:46:21 -0500 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MWP40138; Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:46:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from 209-6-203-219.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO jerusalem.litteratus.org.litteratus.org) ([209.6.203.219]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 07 Feb 2007 22:46:09 -0500 From: Robert Huff MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17866.40006.363894.737019@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:43:02 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20070208011725.GB22827@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <45CA6413.6000400@enabled.com> <20070208011725.GB22827@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under 21.5 (beta27) "fiddleheads" XEmacs Lucid X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A09020B.45CA9D0B.0070,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.125/2006-10-10 Subject: Re: /tmp getting full form portmanager X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:46:22 -0000 Jerry McAllister writes: > > /tmp is filling from portmanager is placing .db information > > and build details during its run. > > > > what options to I have to alleviate the troubles this creates? > > Well, you could move /tmp to a bigger space. I think the best practice would be to a) figure out why those files are left behind and b) remove them, either as part of a properly functioning portmanager session of with a separate script (perhaps from via cron). > Then, when you have the opportunity, rethink your partitioning > and redo it. I tend to create my desktop with 512 MB /tmp and > serious working systems sometimes with a little more. May I ask what you're using /tmp for? While I could see systems which needed that, it seems a little excessive for a vanilla desktop. My FreeBSD desktop, well, see for yourself: huff@>> df / Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0s1a 495726 279388 176680 61% / /tmp is 44 _k_b, and only rarely breaks 200. Robert Huff