Subject: Re: What does the "WRKOBJDIR" variable do?
To: None <pkgsrc-users@netbsd.org>
From: Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakheshster@gmail.com>
List: pkgsrc-users
Date: 06/03/2006 16:49:45
> On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 04:33:49PM +0400, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote:
> > Assuming "WRKOBJDIR=/somewhere/else/pkgsrc-obj" and pkgsrc tree is
> > writeable, then "/somewhere/else/pkgsrc-obj/mail/spamassassin/work/"
> > will be a symbolic link to "/path/to/pkgsrc/mail/spamassassin/work/"
> > eh? So if pkgsrc is writeable, then there's no real advantage of
> > setting WRKOBJDIR ...
>
> There is.  E.g. my /tmp filesystem is on tmpfs (NetBSD-current) and I
> have WRKOBJDIR=/tmp/work, which is much more efficient.

If "/tmp/work" points to "/path/to/pkgsrc/editors/nano/work", then
what advantage do we have if "/tmp" is on tmpfs? I'd have assumed all
the actual work happens in "/path/to/pkgsrc/editors/nano/work" and so
"/tmp" shouldn't make any difference .... am I understanding something
wrong here? :-S

Thanks,
Rakhesh

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