From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Nov 20 6:51: 4 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from sol.cc.u-szeged.hu (sol.cc.u-szeged.hu [160.114.8.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4300137B479 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:50:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from petra.hos.u-szeged.hu by sol.cc.u-szeged.hu (8.9.3+Sun/SMI-SVR4) id PAA05173; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:50:54 +0100 (MET) Received: from sziszi by petra.hos.u-szeged.hu with local (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 13xsHV-0006SY-00 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:50:53 +0100 Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 15:50:53 +0100 From: Szilveszter Adam To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WRKDIRPREFIX= (was: cd /usr/ports; make clean) Message-ID: <20001120155053.D16019@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> Mail-Followup-To: Szilveszter Adam , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200011192239.eAJMdDa90818@earth.backplane.com> <200011201349.eAKDnUR68625@cwsys.cwsent.com> <20001120151259.A23459@mail.nxe.de> <20001120093337.A2097@blackhelicopters.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20001120093337.A2097@blackhelicopters.org>; from mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org on Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 09:33:37AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 09:33:37AM -0500, Michael Lucas wrote: > You would surprise a *lot* of people doing this. I, for one, keep my > work directories around for quite a while so I can check sources. A > temp directory isn't really appropriate for that. > > It's easy enough to set yourself, though. I totally agree. I, for one, like the setting as it is, because if a port compile fails (which happens more and more often with -CURRENT) it is easier to mess around in only one directory structure. Also, I do not like having large /var partitions (I always put /var on a separate partition) just for this... I currently have 100megs, which should be enough otherwise. (this box is not a server.) I would even risk suggesting that if a centralized distribution system is your concern on your site, then why not do the compiles on the central machine too? Why recompile the same stuff on each and every machine? Just do the package building and install them with pkg_add from remote. -- Regards: Szilveszter ADAM Szeged University Szeged Hungary To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message