RE: [cobalt-users] Out of disk space!!!

["Bob Noordam" <mac@xxxxxxxx>]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Namens Phil
> Ewington - 43 Plc
> Verzonden: dinsdag 4 mei 2004 16:47
> Aan: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Onderwerp: [cobalt-users] Out of disk space!!!
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am hoping someone can help me out of a big hole I seem to
> have dug myself
> into!!
>
> I was attempting to install Bugzilla and as such was using
> the following
> command to update the perl packages required by Bugzilla...
>
> perl -MCPAN -e 'install "Bundle::Bugzilla"'
>
> All was going well with installing everything that was
> required, then it
> started to ask me questions regarding the install, for each option it
> prompted for the default value if the question was not understood. I
> answered all the questions to the best of my knowledge and
> let it do it's
> stuff, then it stopped, out of disk space!!! I remembered
> that a question
> was to install to ./root which I thought was some kind of
> alias for the root
> of the existing perl stuff, now I have no disk space on / and
> the directory
> /root is empty!!!
>
> Can I easily reverse this process? What do you suggest is the
> best way to
> resolve this issue?
>
> Your help on this matter will be greatly appreciated,
>
> TIA
>
>
> Phil.
>



cpan uses a hidden directory under root (only 10Mb) to build stuff. You can
clear it our with
rm /root/.cpan -R

You will probaly have to scout for some more disjk space apart from that,
10Mb won't get you very far.

Bob.