From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 11 21: 3: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from priv-edtnes09-hme0.telusplanet.net (mtaout.telus.net [199.185.220.235]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48B6D37B416 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 21:02:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from FRED ([142.173.43.70]) by priv-edtnes09-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.10 201-229-121-110) with ESMTP id <20011112050251.RYLM13979.priv-edtnes09-hme0.telusplanet.net@FRED>; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 22:02:51 -0700 Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 21:09:57 -0800 From: Sean Ellis X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.51) Reply-To: Sean Ellis Organization: yes X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <16101865284.20011111210957@telus.net> To: Mike Meyer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/ is full In-Reply-To: <15343.21111.67024.936362@guru.mired.org> References: <15339.45378.72132.584400@guru.mired.org> <14689091726.20011111173706@telus.net> <15343.21111.67024.936362@guru.mired.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Mike, Sunday, November 11, 2001, 8:39:19 PM, you wrote: >> Mike, what do you mean by build system? Is this what it sounds like, a >> dedicated system for doing compiles and such. > No, it's just a system on which I plan on doing compiles and > such. Usually it's a workstation, so that the extra load of a > buildworld doesn't disrupt a server. My typical system update is: > # On the fastest system with sufficient free cycles. > # make buildworld > # make kernel > # on the test system, nfs mounting from build system. > # make installkernel > # shutdown -r now # Reboot and turn on networking > # shutdown now # to get to single user mode > # make installworld > # reboot # and then do some testing. > After I'm happy with that build on the test system, I'll move it to > any production systems, in the same order: kernel to make sure it'll > boot, then the world. Ok. I've just completed my first update using cvsup, then buildworld etc (I could have really benefitted from a faster machine). I'm wondering what I can safely remove now. From what I can understand /usr/obj can be removed. But /usr/src should stay to enable further updates to progress smoothly. Do I have that right? > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. -- Regards, Sean mailto:sellis@telus.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message