Re: pkg writing to /
- In reply to: Kevin Oberman : "Re: pkg writing to /"
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Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:45:29 UTC
> On 6 Mar 2023, at 02:56, Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 11:37 PM Daniel Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il <mailto:danny@cs.huji.ac.il>> wrote: > Hi, > how can I tell pkg not to write to /? in my case sometimes / > is mounted ro, and so for example pkg update failed, or > / - which is usually- kept as small as possible gets filled up, eg > by /.pkgtemp.compat.xxxxx/linux > > thanks, > danny > > What command are you using? Normally pkg should not be writing to root unless one of the files it does write to is on the same file system. with a read-only root this failed: pkg update with a writable root the above works. also, using portmaster …. (i don’t know which port, but suspect linux) the root partition got filled up, and after some hunting i found du -hs /.pkgtemp.compat.7vhU2YxJLCDB/ 243M /.pkgtemp.compat.7vhU2YxJLCDB/ > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com <mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com> > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683