SUMMARY 2: /var is running out space during package install?

Ning Zhang (btinz@ui.uis.doleta.gov)
Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:23:08 -0500

1. Partial Answer:
You can do the install in two steps, the first being to install to a
spool directory (by default the pkgadd program uses /var as the spool
directory):
pkgadd -s /tmp/gcc -d <pkg-file>
pkgadd -d /tmp/gcc
Dave

2. 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.

3. Thank List:
David S. Foster foster@bial1.ucsd.edu
Ju-Lien Lim julienlim@rocketmail.com
Sean Ward sdward@uswest.com
Lee Fedor leeannie@mcc.com