On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:03:33 -0600 Dan Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the last episode (Nov 28), Kevin Smith said: > > After installation and setting up of my BSD system for a while, > > I've come to realize that I probably should have organized my disk > > a bit differently and I have a smaller root file system then I > > would have liked. I may have also created a separate /usr file > > system, but I have /usr in the root file system. > > > > The /usr/ports can take up a lot of space and I'm wondering if > > there are limitations to having ports live in a another files > > system with a symbolic link from /usr/ports to a ports directory > > in another file system. > > No limitations at all. You can even symlink it over NFS to another > machine if you want (set WRKDIRPREFIX to a local path in > /etc/make.conf though, to speed up builds). If one is going to be using NFS for it, I don't see any reason not to just mount it right to /usr/ports instead of messing with symbolic linking. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
