Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 14:13:27 -0700 From: "Moffatt, Chris" <cmoffatt@ilanw.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Changing location of ports tree Message-ID: <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAuAAAAAAAAAMlhQg4w2tRPm6AzBpR1myEBAEnUYfcg5UhEhlr/jyTqQmAAAAAgAfoAABAAAACujjZpyaxTQ4duV3/ulSN5AQAAAAA=@ilanw.com> In-Reply-To: <op.szt6yux7w0tva9@ross.inet>
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The easiest way to change it would be to move the ports folder from /usr to where ever you are moving it... Then create a symbolic link... ln -s /somewhere/ports /usr/ports Then everything should work as is... _____ From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of ross Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 1:53 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Changing location of ports tree My /usr partition is to small for some of the larger programs (openoffice.org, jdk, etc) and I want to move my ports tree to a harddrive with more space. can I just change the line in /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf that says "ENV['PORTSDIR'] ||= '/usr/ports'" to "ENV['PORTSDIR'] ||= '/mybigfatharddrive/ports'"? Will all the pkg tools such as portsnap, portupgrade, and portversion continue to function properly? will I have to edit any other config files before this will work seemlessly? -- What time is it? Dodgeball Time! _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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