Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 13:59:27 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: /usr/portsnap vs. /var/db/portsnap Message-ID: <20050807115927.GA851@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <42F489DC.1080400@freebsd.org> References: <42F47C0D.2020704@freebsd.org> <20050806092232.GA850@zaphod.nitro.dk> <42F489DC.1080400@freebsd.org>
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--oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2005.08.06 02:58:52 -0700, Colin Percival wrote: > Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > > On 2005.08.06 01:59:57 -0700, Colin Percival wrote: > >>Is this a reasonable excuse for violating hier(7) and putting the > >>compressed snapshot into /usr/portsnap? For reference, the port keeps > >>the snapshot in /usr/local/portsnap. > >=20 > > Wouldn't it make sense to put in on /var, and if people do not have > > enough space there, they can just symlink the portsnap directory to a > > location that has enough space? >=20 > Probably... I'm just worried about inexperienced FreeBSD users who would > see an error message about /var being full and not know what to do about > it. I don't really think that is a big problem, especially if the default /var size is increased so it doesn't happen to total novices using default install. If it turns out the be a problem, I think it would be better to have portsnap warn the users when /var runs full e.g. with a URL to the FAQ that describes how to work around the problem. Anyway, that's just my 0.02 $LOCAL_CURRENCY. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC9fefh9pcDSc1mlERAlThAJ9A4IDVrYbI0ncO1CUlOVKCULYGlACgttvH uybYX1IH4gMqgjB3UB1p9Zg= =hP31 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --oyUTqETQ0mS9luUI--
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