Re: [gentoo-user] why does revdep-rebuild object to mounting /var on /mnt/var ?

On Wed, Sep 11 2013, Alan McKinnon wrote:

>>> OK, I get it. I'd write all that temp stuff to /var/tmp so it doesn't
>>> get nuked by something cleverly trying to manage /tmp.
>>
>> But A. McKinnon says (above) that an always valid rule of thumb is
>> "No object in /var/tmp can be expected to survive a reboot".
>
> There's another rule of thumb that's even more applicable:
>
> "We always do it this way, except when we don't"
>
Now I understand.  Amazing what you learn from this group.
allan