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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:58:54
Message-Id: 20180209105835.6a52f544@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs by Peter Humphrey
1 On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:12:01 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote:
2
3 > > Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" in
4 > > make.conf. Job done!
5 >
6 > Acting on the advice of various Gentoo guides, I have this:
7 >
8 > # grep tmp /etc/fstab
9 > tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs
10 > noatime,uid=portage,gid=portage,mode=0775 0 0
11 > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs
12 > noatime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=1777 0 0
13 >
14 > Are you saying I don't gain anything from it?
15
16 I can't see any benefit from the added complexity. If you want portage to
17 use a tmpfs for its temporary directory, why not use one that is already
18 there?
19
20
21 --
22 Neil Bothwick
23
24 Fragile. Do not turn umop ap1sdn!

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[gentoo-user] Re: /var/tmp on tmpfs Kai Krakow <hurikhan77@×××××.com>