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Re: dpkg-deb --build and the / partition



Lewis, James M <" <Jim.Lewis@alcoa.com>> writes:
LJM> You probably ran out of space in /tmp.  Try 
LJM> 	export TMPDIR=/var/tmp
LJM> (or the equiv in your shell).

Doesn't work; I still run out of space in /.

LJM> If that doesn't work, you might try making /tmp a link to
LJM> somewhere with more space.

Is there a good way to do that without breaking things (i.e. the X
server) that set up stuff in /tmp?

More importantly, why does ls -al /tmp while dpkg-deb is running not
show a growing file, if something is trying to put a big file there?

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