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On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 19:05:18 +0000, Jeffrey Rollin wrote: |
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> I would add that since /tmp is often cleaned on boot-up, /var/tmp is |
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> considered a "less temporary" place than /tmp. For example, if you hose |
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> your /opt/foo directory, then assuming you have an appropriate version |
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> of /foo in /var/tmp/portage, when you re-emerge "foo" it will skip |
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> steps that don't need to be done again (because they have already been |
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> completed and left results in /var/tmp/portage). |
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Only if you emerge with FEATURES="keepwork", otherwise emerge clears out |
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the temporary files after completing an emerge and before starting a |
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new one. |
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another reason for using /var/tmp is that /tmp is often too small, |
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especially if using tmpfs. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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