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On Wednesday 15 February 2006 05:01, Duncan wrote: |
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> By definition, /tmp and /var/tmp should be multi-boot combineable, and |
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> combineable between the two, as well (my /var/tmp is simply a symlink |
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> to /tmp, altho on a multi-human-user system, there are security issues |
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> one should consider before doing it -- yet another place to "don't do |
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> it without some thought, first" <g>), because the data is by definition |
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> "temporary", which in this case is defined as "not needing to survive a |
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> reboot". |
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In principle they are multi-boot combinable. However "/var/tmp" is |
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supposed to be cleaned less than "/tmp". Preferably only when space is an |
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issue. Portage for example stores things there like the ccache cache. |
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While removing it will not cause any problems, the cache is then |
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destroyed, so things go slower. /var/tmp is more meant for stuff that is |
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temporary, but saves time, while /tmp is for stuff that is just temporary |
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(often very shortly) and may be destroyed any time. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |
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