Default inode number too low in FFS nowadays?

[Chris Rees]

On 3 Nov 2011 15:27, "Adam McDougall" <mcdouga9 at egr.msu.edu> wrote:
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> On 11/03/11 05:41, Borja Marcos wrote:
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>> And the /usr was small because I need a lot of room for /var.
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> The way you've described the issue sounds like it concerns mainly just
ports, so perhaps a ports-specific adjustment like below is appropriate and
an easy solution for any admin with sufficient inodes available on a
partition of their choosing?  I am concerned about the drawbacks
(performance) of increasing the ratio of inodes on /usr just to accommodate
an optional and somewhat flexible component.
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> I've been setting this for many years now even when it is not a space
concern on /usr, it keeps my /usr/ports tree clean and puts all the "junk"
in a location I can easily clean out:
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> WRKDIRPREFIX=/var/tmp/ports
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... but then you need a bigger than default /var...

Personally I use /usr/obj and occasionally nuke it (I know we're running
out of inode on /usr, but rm should solve that problem).

Chris

Chris