segv <segv@netctl.net> writes:
> On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 11:42:17 -0400
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
>
>> 
>> openoffice-bin seems to overflow my /tmp/ in attempting to install.
>> Is there any reasonable way to tell it to use another directory to
>> unpack in?
>
> Assuming you have a large swap partition, you can mount /tmp as mfs
> filesytsem.

1) I already have an mfs filesystem there, and it is too small to
   manage this.
2) Yes, I could reboot with a larger one, or with /tmp/ on root, but I
   don't like the idea of having to reboot whenever I install
   openoffice -- I reinstall all my packages monthly.
3) It is unreasonable of a package to assume /tmp/ is huge.

So how does one get around this "properly"?

Perry