I think u misunderstand, i belive that what Schuster have is tmpfs always mounted on /var/tmp/portage, and PORTAGE_TMPDIR will be that. When he need more than 8Gb in some package PORTAGE_TMPDIR will be /var/portage/tmp and that on HDD.
What i have is /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs config in fstab with noauto, so when i want to emerge a lot of things i mount that. 2012/11/26 Jacques Montier <jmont...@gmail.com> > 2012/11/26 Alex Schuster <wo...@wonkology.org> > >> Luis Gustavo Vilela de Oliveira writes: >> >> Well, with 8Gb RAM, i recommend use tmpfs on PORTAGE_TMPDIR, just while >>> u are compiling anything. >>> Or even with 6Gb too. >>> >> >> I have 16 GB, with 8GB for $PORTAGE_TMPDIR on tmpfs. There were issues >> with some packages having not enough space, so I have this in >> /etc/portage/package.env: >> >> app-office/libreoffice notmpfs.conf >> dev-java/icedtea notmpfs.conf >> games-fps/alienarena notmpfs.conf >> games-fps/worldofpadman notmpfs.conf >> games-sports/vdrift notmpfs.conf >> mail-client/thunderbird notmpfs.conf >> www-client/firefox notmpfs.conf >> >> /etc/portage/env.d/notmpfs.**conf has this entry, changing >> PORTAGE_TMPDIR to real HDD space: >> >> PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/portage/**tmp >> >> Most of these packages compile with 8 GB of space, but not with parallel >> merges, like when Thunderbird and Firefox are both being built at the same >> time. >> >> Alex >> >> > > Ok Alex and Luis, > > So i put : > PORTAGE_TMPDIR="tmpfs" in /etc/make.conf > PORTAGE_TMPDIR=/var/tmp/portage (on HDD) in /etc/portage/env > in /etc/portage/package.env : > app-office/libreoffice notmpfs.conf > mail-client/thunderbird notmpfs.conf > www-client/firefox notmpfs.conf > > Thanks to both of you :-) > > Regards > > -- > Jacques >
