Re: CVS commit: src

[David Brownlee <abs%absd.org@localhost>]

On 10 August 2014 21:25, Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost> 
wrote:
> riz@ wrote:
>
>> Module Name:  src
>> Committed By: riz
>> Date:         Sun Aug 10 20:04:30 UTC 2014
>>
>> Modified Files:
>>       src/distrib/newsmips/floppies/ramdisk: Makefile
>>       src/sys/arch/newsmips/conf: INSTALL
>>
>> Log Message:
>> Bump the ramdisk size; the longer paths on the build cluster are
>> likely enough to put this over the edge.
>>
>>
>> To generate a diff of this commit:
>> cvs rdiff -u -r1.31 -r1.32 src/distrib/newsmips/floppies/ramdisk/Makefile
>
>>> -IMAGESIZE=     2560k
>>> +IMAGESIZE=     2660k
>
> Note sysinst(8) requires some spare space in /tmp during installation,
> especially on using non-default settings on choosing installation sets etc.
> on ports which don't use tmpfs or mfs during installation.
> (100KB would be enough for this newsmips case though)

Would it make sense to dd 100K of null data to a file & then delete in
the build to ensure there is enough space in the final image?