From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Jan 24 20:50:18 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90563744A for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:50:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terje@elde.net) Received: from rand.keepquiet.net (keepquiet.net [144.76.43.178]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "keepquiet.net", Issuer "COMODO RSA Domain Validation Secure Server CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A5B21491 for ; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:50:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from terje@elde.net) Received: from [10.130.11.109] (cm-84.210.87.28.getinternet.no [84.210.87.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: terje@elde.net) by rand.keepquiet.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4808D713; Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:42:54 +0000 (UTC) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [installworld] Do We need /usr/obj From: Terje Elde X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (13D15) In-Reply-To: <56A532AC.3050803@tundraware.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 21:42:51 +0100 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <56A532AC.3050803@tundraware.com> To: Tim Daneliuk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 20:50:18 -0000 > On 24 Jan 2016, at 21:23, Tim Daneliuk wrote: >=20 > One of the servers I maintain has a very small footprint (it's a VPS). > It is set up to do a full buildworld/buildkernel every night. That way, > when its time to upgrade for, say, security reasons, there is no build del= ay > (which takes nearly 5 hours on this virtual machine). Why build on the machine then? Why not just build on and install from anothe= r? > The problem is that the machine has really limited disk space for day-to-d= ay > use. So here's the question: does installworld/kernel need what is in > /usr/obj, or can that be deleted once the build is complete? This would f= ree > up considerable space on that machine. Well, that's where your built stuff goes, so it's where you'd install files f= rom if you upgrade.=20 Also, it wouldn't really help you to delete it. With your current setup, you= 'd need the space again the next night, wouldn't you? Terje