[Grok-dev] grokproject error

[Milos Negovanovic]

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 12:52:11AM +0100, Uli Fouquet wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Milos Negovanovic wrote:
> > I am getting this error when trying to create new project:
> > 
> > (virtualgrok)milosn at mighty grok $ grokproject Sample
> [snip]
> > Develop: '/home/milosn/projects/python/grok/Sample/.'
> [snip]
> > eggbasket: Installing eggs to /home/milosn/.buildout/eggs which will
> > take a while...
> > eggbasket: Installing eggs to /home/milosn/.buildout/eggs which will
> > take a while...
> > Getting distribution for 'zope.app.twisted==3.4.1'.
> > 
> > /: write failed, file system is full
> > error: No space left on device
> > An error occured when trying to install zope.app.twisted 3.4.1.Look
> > above this message for any errors thatwere output by easy_install.
> > While:
> >   Installing eggbasket.
> >   Getting distribution for 'zope.app.twisted==3.4.1'.
> > Error: Couldn't install: zope.app.twisted 3.4.1
> > 
> > 
> > There is plenty of space left on that partition, so i do not know where
> > is this coming from.
> 
> The full filesystem here seems to be '/', the root filesystem, not
> '/home/...' (if they differ). I assume, buildout, setuptools or
> something else is trying to use /tmp as temporary storage space.
> 
> You might be able to get around that by setting the 'TMPDIR', 'TEMP', or
> 'TMP' environment variable to a path inside your home. See
> 
>    http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.3/lib/module-tempfile.html
> 
> for details.
> 
> Maybe that helps.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> -- 
> Uli
> 

Buildout was using /tmp as temporary storage for downloaded files. Doing
a quick 'rm -rf /tmp && ln -sf /var/tmp /tmp' fixed it.

Regards
-- 
Milos Negovanovic
milos.negovanovic at googlemail.com