On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM, allan gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 28 2017, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention there are things that /significantly/ improve >>> compile times. Top of the list is /var/tmp/portage on tmpfs. >> >> Does this mean that, if the build fails, you build again not on tmpfs so >> as to capture build.log? >> > > Just copy the build log off the tmpfs. Portage doesn't remove it > automatically. Unless you reboot the system before inspecting it the > file will still be there unless you have a really overzealous > tmpreaper. > > (Or if you're doing the build in a systemd unit. I actually build > binary packages overnight from a unit and was always puzzled about why > the build was gone from /var/tmp/portage when I'd inspect errors. > Then I realize the default is for units to have a private /var/tmp - > so it was gone when the unit terminated. That can of course be > disabled.)
Thank you Rich and Joost. allan
