On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Dimitry Andric <d...@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Apr 20, 2013, at 11:55, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaas...@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. -Kimmo _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
