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Date:      Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:23:10 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Nick Slager <zith@zith.net>
Cc:        Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Moving /usr/ports to a new location??
Message-ID:  <20020927182310.GI56586@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020926223101.E42066@zith.net>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0209262215250.3871-100000@shell.core.com> <20020926223101.E42066@zith.net>

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On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 10:31:01PM -0500, Nick Slager wrote:
> Thus spake Steven Lake (raiden@shell.core.com):
>=20
> > 	I'm curious.  I'm trying to scavange as much room as I can in /usr
> > and I was wondering if it would be ok to move the /usr/ports director i=
nto
> > /var?  I know I don't want to move it into /tmp because it would get nu=
ked
> > by the system.  I have tons of spare room in /var so that would be the
> > logical place to move it to.  Can I get away with this?
>=20
> yep, just symlink /usr/ports to /var/ports.

Or *move* it to /foo/ports and set PORTSDIR in your environment.

Kris

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