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On Saturday 27 January 2007 18:40, Vlad Dogaru wrote: |
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> One question though: is there a reason why PORTAGE_TMPDIR does not |
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> default to /tmp? |
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The real nature of /tmp isn't adequate for portage, that's why it uses a |
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different one. If memory serves, the FHS defines /tmp as a temporary |
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place to store files, and the continued existence of the file after a |
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process has finished is not guaranteed. In other words, if there are no |
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existing locks on a file, it's up for summary deletion. This could be |
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fatal in a big compile - imagine if some cleaner process nuked a binary |
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compiled 4 hours ago in an openoffice compile.... |
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But the best reason is that some compiles are HUGE. Openoffice can take |
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up all of 5G with everything enabled, and as /tmp is often a tmpfs, |
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it's highly unlikely most users will have enough space on /tmp to |
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emerge it. |
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alan |
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