From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CBC1C1382C5 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:11:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC848E0AB9; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:11:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.23]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 41905E0AAD for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:11:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ek3mR-0003lB-6j for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2018 08:11:35 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 75415662C5 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:11:34 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:11:29 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs Message-ID: <20180209081129.685e8b1a@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <63b383d1-e75d-097a-593a-6b955b482676@youngman.org.uk> References: <63b383d1-e75d-097a-593a-6b955b482676@youngman.org.uk> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; boundary="Sig_/LVxeYddw/Ec8Zva1KobNt+Y"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03d-IP: [82.69.83.178] Feedback-ID: 82.69.83.178 X-Archives-Salt: 054dfc63-91b4-4f37-92eb-900ed34680c1 X-Archives-Hash: 59e8a2ac010c1bdd8d2b5732649477d6 --Sig_/LVxeYddw/Ec8Zva1KobNt+Y Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 23:18:19 +0000, Wol's lists wrote: > > More specifically, /var/tmp is traditionally supposed to be > > non-volatile (across reboots). > >=20 > > Comparatively the contents of /tmp can be volatile (across reboots). > >=20 > > I would advise against mounting /var/tmp on tmpfs. > > =20 > EMPHATICALLY YES. >=20 > /tmp is defined as being volatile - stuff can disappear at any time. >=20 > /var/tmp is defined as the place where programs store stuff like crash=20 > recovery files. Mounting it tmpfs is going to screw up any programs > that reply on that *defined* behaviour to recover after a crash. >=20 > Mounting /var/tmp/portage as tmpfs is perfectly fine as far as I know -=20 > I do it myself. Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR=3D"/tmp" in make.conf. Job done! --=20 Neil Bothwick Why do Kennedy's cry after sex? ..... Mace! --Sig_/LVxeYddw/Ec8Zva1KobNt+Y Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAlp9V7EACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhbSQ//YE8ZNjE3fVLCBfpALfq+pcGb6IQKTt7sCa8sGUqYWlZpCxUfiQJBEH8/ Mpf5Hr7JCDIY9/AQVr49ucJRmF1KlWtJ8LwYS7PAVXeO1tJqZwDcv1UF0P7dbgbo +CdFGCyyDOPFNsDOveANu+o/76qfqPrObVRI/sRli1zU40FOVyLrQosbx7deZMDw nhSxocBDoxf+g0OSeMq1guAawd+ZSx7oSJugbix6ppBSqhIRj7mOvpqIHR1Sqood kAXJs1loK4BiQRIQigkD56NULgJLGfI4/7bSYL1N12AzzRnzZEXuSTcPJbFSVrCJ ZR/m5TxBc41movgGUyJagVwUFyUeeYQxRFiZUIIkH6bO3+Z62czu9W69geouk9AD WR9lpU3VddV63W60Y7urAPw8WVqSZYlCkmO6kt9qntonr8vKuWOyeGfICFufuBbJ nVUSvZ6gIDJHYbgwJszKAKAS8S7jcvy0NKtUEuHKOc9tOqYw7llTYpdOi3CXRSBT kQf6Wok0bxLedSF3k8fUDpCVkZxyjacO9o2PskwdvJGQDQAR338adfnDxQCmB+i/ aBWxbJO1rygeHsFVI2x1tSIerMiMiGuxskclPxoAdvYcLCJHvS3kOu1MFHaSndBW TSR1C7fhXDtx/Oo50AMFv9XCJY8rn+ujtpGVnqPJNPcMv2xzIpg= =F15u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/LVxeYddw/Ec8Zva1KobNt+Y--