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On Sunday 20 January 2008, Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 080119 Kevin wrote: |
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> > To automatically wipe /tmp upon reboot, |
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> > change WIPE_TMP to "yes" in /etc/conf.d/bootmisc |
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> Thanks: I will consider the implications. |
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There aren't any implications. By *definition*, the contents of /tmp |
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should not be relied on to survive a reboot or even subsequent |
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invocations of the same program. |
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Any app that does rely on the contents of /tmp still being there is thus |
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fundamentally broken in it's behaviour and should be avoided or fixed. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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