On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Dimitry Andric <dim_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > On Apr 20, 2013, at 11:55, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> Poking around the /usr/src/Makefile.inc1 I see that there's a variable >> called "WORLDTMP" that seems to set the location for temporary files >> during the world build. My question is now: >> >> Is it safe to put WORLDTMP on a ram disk, for example tmpfs(5)? >> >> Looking at the build process it seems to me that the temporary files >> are no longer needed after make buildworld has finished? > > > The problem is that you need those temporary files for installworld, and > you must reboot with your new kernel before running that... > Well that was what I was after, I was somehow under the impression that the files in WORLDTMP would be moved to more permanent location under /usr/obj for installworld to find them. -KimmoReceived on Sat Apr 20 2013 - 10:30:27 UTC
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