Walter Dnes wrote:
On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 01:31:45AM -0600, Dale wrote
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6878530.html?sid=924b3c65e5584c4dc81672583d97b85d#6878530
You need more ram, swap space or maybe drive space for the portage work
directory. Basically, it's running out of space somewhere.
Thanks for the pointer. I think I've figured it it out now. When I
set up my laptop, I copied most of /etc/make.conf verbatim from my
desktop, including the line...
PORTAGE_TMPFS="/dev/shm"
That works just fine on my desktop with 8 gigs of ram. Unfortunately,
my laptop only has 4 gigs, so that doesn't work quite so well. I've
changed that line to...
PORTAGE_TMPFS="/tmp"
Builds will be slower, no doubt.
I put the portage work directory on tmpfs in ram and I can't tell much
difference. When I tested it, having portage's work directory on tmpfs
was actually a bit slower, just by a few seconds tho. So, having it on
a drive doesn't seem to matter much. I guess drives are pretty fast
nowadays.
The funny thing, I have to leave mine on tmpfs because when I update
LOo, I don't have enough space on /var. I have enough ram tho. lol
Dale
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