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2018-02-09 10:11 GMT+02:00 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>: |
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> On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 23:18:19 +0000, Wol's lists wrote: |
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>> > More specifically, /var/tmp is traditionally supposed to be |
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>> > non-volatile (across reboots). |
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>> > Comparatively the contents of /tmp can be volatile (across reboots). |
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>> > I would advise against mounting /var/tmp on tmpfs. |
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>> EMPHATICALLY YES. |
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>> /tmp is defined as being volatile - stuff can disappear at any time. |
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>> /var/tmp is defined as the place where programs store stuff like crash |
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>> recovery files. Mounting it tmpfs is going to screw up any programs |
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>> that reply on that *defined* behaviour to recover after a crash. |
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>> Mounting /var/tmp/portage as tmpfs is perfectly fine as far as I know - |
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>> I do it myself. |
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> Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" in |
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> make.conf. Job done! |
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It is an interesting idea. But why it is not done by default then? |
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Can somebody think of a situation when it should not be done? |
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My /tmp is not on tmpfs currently. Only /run |
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May be, it is not a good idea to put /mnt on tmpfs at the time of |
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Spector and Meltdown? |
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