[nycbug-talk] pkg_add

[Marc Spitzer]

If this is netbsd then "man pkg_add", here are the key bits;

    PKG_TMPDIR  Staging directory for installing packages, defaults to
                /var/tmp.  Set to directory with lots of free disk if you run
                out of space when installing a binary package.

now before that in the   options/switches section;


     -t template
             Use template as the input to mktemp(3) when creating a ``staging
             area.''  By default, this is the string /var/tmp/instmp.XXXXXX,
             but it may be necessary to override it in the situation where
             space in your /var/tmp directory is limited.  Be sure to leave
             some number of `X' characters for mktemp(3) to fill in with a
             unique ID.

             You can get a performance boost by setting the staging area
             template to reside on the same disk partition as target directo-
             ries for package file installation; often this is /usr.

freebsd 5.3 is similar in content,  reading the fine manual is useful.

marc