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Thanks for the response,
I edited the /etc/rc.conf with the clear_tmp_enable="YES"
rebooted
reran pkg_add -r openoffice
same error.

On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 16:58 -0800, Michael C. Shultz wrote:
> On Sunday 06 November 2005 16:59, Dave Webster wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to: pkg_add -r openoffice and I get the following:
> >
> > /var: write failed, filesystem is full
> > mkdir: /var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2: No space left on device
> > pkg_add: can't record package infor '/var/db/pkg/ORBit-0.5.17_2', you're
> > on your own!
> >
> > That last part is particularily chilling - if I'm on my own, I'm hooped!
> >
> > Here's the result of df -h:
> >
> > Filesystem     Size    Used   Avail Capacity  Mounted on
> > /dev/ad0s1a    248M     93M    135M    41%    /
> > devfs          1.0K    1.0K      0B   100%    /dev
> > /dev/ad0s1e    248M    294K    228M     0%    /tmp
> > /dev/ad0s1f     72G     25G     42G    37%    /usr
> > /dev/ad0s1d    248M     62M    166M    27%    /var
> > linprocfs      4.0K    4.0K      0B   100%    /usr/compat/linux/proc
> >
> > Any suggestions on what I should do?
> > thanx in advance,
> > Dave
> 
> In /etc/rc.conf set:
> 
> clear_tmp_enable="NO"
> 
> to
> 
> clear_tmp_enable="YES"
> 
> then reboot.
> 
> -Mike