On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 9:53 AM, Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info> wrote: <SNIP> >> /mnt/distfiles ext3/4 (shared via nfs) >> > > Why do you separate the distfiles from the portage tree? > > Rgds,
distfiles has a tendency to grow large over the years. IIRC nothing cleans it up automatically so having it separate is just a simple safety mechanism to not run out of disk space after emerge -fDuN @world, etc. I do it also. - Mark
