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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 20:56:48
Message-Id: f5a4f3a4-f893-b086-f2e3-5b9d2f7c8e22@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs by gevisz
1 On 02/08/2018 10:11 AM, gevisz wrote:
2 > And I am going to set the whole /var/tmp on tpmfs instead of just
3 > /var/tmp/portage
4 >
5 > Is it ok?
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7 I don't know about the context of emerging, but I do know about the
8 context of /var/tmp being volatile.
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10 More specifically, /var/tmp is traditionally supposed to be non-volatile
11 (across reboots).
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13 Comparatively the contents of /tmp can be volatile (across reboots).
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15 I would advise against mounting /var/tmp on tmpfs.
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20 Grant. . . .
21 unix || die

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