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Cc: PstreeM China <pstreem@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: how to use the MFS ?
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or you should be able to use unionfs to mount the md1 device over 
/usr/ports if in not mistaken


Dan Nelson wrote:
> In the last episode (Jan 09), PstreeM China said:
>   
>> hi all:
>>
>> i want to know ,how to compile better speed during the installation
>> of Ports , use the memery filesystem(MFS) ..
>>
>> during make world , mount the md0 to /usr/obj , but what can i do for
>> the port ?
>>     
>
> Set WRKDIRPREFIX to point to a directory in your mfs filesystem, and
> all the .../work/ directories will get created there.
>
>