On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 03:40:26PM -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > --- Em ter, 20/11/12, Ken Moffat escreveu: > > > De: Ken Moffat > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 01:36:04PM > > -0800, Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > > > > > > LibreOffice takes over 7GB in some machines/versions. > > For builds, I use > > > a ~/tmp directory which is actually a link to another > > tmp in another > > > partition having at least 10GB of free space. > > > > > Fair comment. For some reason, my interest in > > attempting to > > compile LibreOffice in the future has diminished :) > > > > ĸen > > Reading back, my sentence could be misleading, so, to be clear, I was > referring LO to build size, not install size (Bruce just pointed out > this, but I feel it needed to be close to my own statement). For install > size, it is about the same as OpenJDK, over 440MB, build size also the > same order for LO and OJDK. > No worries, in this case it's the total build space that is the disincentive. I can find that sort of space (on my current machines, but not the oldest one) in /scratch, which is where I've dumped all the "excess" disk space.
That is already where I'm going to be building (and where I keep git trees and do test builds with DESTDIR installs : none of it gets backed up!). But the thought of something using 7GB of disk space is *frightening* : -ETOOBIG. Sounds like the thin end of the wedge: after that I would be softened up for google chrome :) ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
