/var is running out space during installing package?

2007-12-25 9:26:00

Partial Answer:

The problem lies in your /var/tmp directory - this is used as spooling

space on pkgadd's .... you might want to point to a partition which has

a *lot* of space ...

Rahul

Questions:

> I have tried to install packaged GNU gcc 2.8.0 for Solaris 2.6. The

> installation told me that /var is full and then aborted. There is

about

> 19000k space available in /var at that time. It seems unbelievable.

> My questions:

> 1) How much space in /var is needed to install gcc 2.8.0 for Solaris

> 2.6? (How so much?)

> 2) How to solve the problem when /var or /usr has no enough space?

Other

> than moving some directories/files to other filesystems and ln them

back

> to /var or /usr, any better or easier ways? - very curious.

Thank List:

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