On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 12:41:04 -0700, Grant wrote:

> What is the best way to clean out the PKGDIR directory?  Maybe I
> should delete its entire contents and run quickpkg to build a package
> of everything I have installed?  I'm happy with this system as it
> currently is.

Manually delete packages for older versions you know you'll no longer
need. Of you could change PKGDIR to somewhere withmore space (I use an
NFS mount for it).

> Also 'man quickpkg' says PKGDIR defaults to /var/tmp/portage-pkg but
> it seems to have defaulted to /var/tmp/portage for me.  Should I
> submit a bug?

/var/tmp/portage is the default for TMPDIR, which could fill up if you
have failed emerges, or have keepwork in FEATURES.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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