On Tuesday 02 November 2010, Stroller wrote: > On 2/11/2010, at 10:46am, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > ... > > hard links will only work if /etc/portage and /var/lib/portage are on the > > same filesystem. Frequently, they are not. > > For small values of frequently. > > Stroller.
for every sane system out there. /var is a candidate for surprisingly filling up / to 100% so it is a smart and sane choice to put it on its own partition where damage will be reduced to some log files or an aborted emerge.
