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From: freemanrich@×××××.com <freemanrich@×××××.com> on behalf of Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> |
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Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:38 PM |
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To: gentoo-user@l.g.o |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /var/tmp on tmpfs |
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On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 5:32 PM, gevisz <gevisz@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> 2018-02-09 0:19 GMT+02:00 Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.com>: |
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>>> On 08/02/18 23:31, gevisz wrote: |
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>>>> I do not use ccache, and in my /var/tmp I only have /var/tmp/portage |
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>>>> and /var/tmp/genkernel (I use genkernel to generate initramfs image). |
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>>>> I never use emerge and genkernel at the same time. So, why not to put |
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>>>> the whole /var/tmp into one tmpfs? |
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>>> Well, someone here posted that /var/tmp is supposed to persist between |
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>>> reboots. |
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>> In this case it would be nice to hear a reason. |
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>> That's why I have asked if it does not harm. |
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>Countless linux systems are configured to not preserve it between |
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>reboots, FHS notwithstanding. That said, whether you preserve it |
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>would probably make the difference between whether sticking ccache in |
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>there is a good idea or not. |
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>Personally I don't preserve it, because lots of stuff that has no need |
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>to persist ends up in /var/tmp. I put stuff that should stick around |
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>someplace else with a suitably liberal tmpreaper policy. |
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>-- |
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>Rich |
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Just adding my 2 cents EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--fail-clean" helps a ton with tmpfs. |
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As for the athlon x2 system, consider using distcc, I've been using it for quite awhile, I don't think it helps with the ram usage |
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