On Tuesday 02 November 2010, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 20:19 on Tuesday 02 November 2010, Volker > > Armin Hemmann did opine thusly: > > 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. > > You're both right, but for different reasons. It'd done less often on a > laptop or personal machine than on a server for instance. And on embedded > stuff, almost never. Example: Any junior of mine who doesn't make /var > separate is liable to be served his own testicles for dinner, and they > know it. But my laptop is one big filesystem. One case definitely needs > it, the other one doesn't really. > > You're probably looking at the same question from entirely different needs > and viewpoints.
I am looking at the question from the viewpoint of a person who was hit very hard in the past. Surprise / fillup thanks to /var or /tmp is no fun at all.
