small root (/) partition...

Zokleet · n00b Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 13 Location: Martinique

I have a pretty small root part and im really afraid it gets filled up while installing. portage seems to refuse having /tmp as a symlink to /var/tmp... Is it really impossible to achieve? thx...
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Braempje · l33t Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 748

If you are able to have a larger partition, you can mount other drives and use them as a /usr of /var.

inglewood · n00b Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Edmonton

You can also change PORTAGE_TMPDIR in /etc/make.conf to some other directory on the tree.