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Date:      Wed, 16 Jun 1999 09:28:50 +0200
From:      Jos Backus <Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Matlab 5.3
Message-ID:  <19990616092850.B61538@hal.mpn.cp.philips.com>
In-Reply-To: <3766F2CF.B98F1EDD@scc.nl>; from Marcel Moolenaar on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 02:41:51AM %2B0200
References:  <199906151552.IAA03280@dingo.cdrom.com> <3766F2CF.B98F1EDD@scc.nl>

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On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 02:41:51AM +0200, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> We need a /tmp under /compat/linux for rpm. Some packages assume there is a
> /tmp. Also, Staroffice 5.1 extracts its installer in /tmp. This could be
> problematic if the root partition is not that big (for example with the
> default FreeBSD partitioning scheme).

Note that you can set TEMP pointing to a directory on a partition that has
more space available. Something like:

# TEMP=/var/tmp ./setup

Hth,
-- 
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