Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 20:13:03 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@bellavista.cz> Cc: MET <met@uberstats.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to add more space to the /usr partition || DUMB ! Message-ID: <20020816181303.GJ389@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020816180015.GC1946@grumpy.dyndns.org> References: <002801c2454b$60fbbe90$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL> <20020816180015.GC1946@grumpy.dyndns.org>
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> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:00:15 -0500
> From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
> Subject: Re: How to add more space to the /usr partition || DUMB !
> If /usr is too lean for future use such as having enough space for
> rebuilding the system then "mkdir /home/obj" and "rm -rf /usr/obj; ln -s
> /home/obj /usr/obj". Can do the same thing for /usr/ports, and /usr/src,
> altho I suggest one use "mv".
>
> I have moved /usr/obj and /usr/ports this way on several machines.
> FreeBSD is quite happy with a symbolic link for these.
but you should be warned that e. g. cvs breaks if your repository
path contains symlinks. there's bound to be more boneheaded
software, though it might not reach the cvs level.
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