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 4D79E1382C5 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:57:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BC501E0C4C; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:57:14 +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 45333E0C37 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:57:13 +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 1ek6Mi-0006ka-Jb for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:57:12 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 20EB0662C4 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:57:12 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:57:07 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs Message-ID: <20180209105707.51810c13@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: <63b383d1-e75d-097a-593a-6b955b482676@youngman.org.uk> <20180209081129.685e8b1a@digimed.co.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_/ekJoiZOjgO4JHx9KW0wrrYG"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03d-IP: [82.69.83.178] Feedback-ID: 82.69.83.178 X-Archives-Salt: 9d1c655a-7e80-48ec-b2db-2192aa53070b X-Archives-Hash: 18a4ae1b5d750ad5b15cf2c474ec1821 --Sig_/ekJoiZOjgO4JHx9KW0wrrYG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 12:30:21 +0200, gevisz wrote: > > Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR=3D"/tmp" in > > make.conf. Job done! =20 >=20 > It is an interesting idea. But why it is not done by default then? >=20 Because when the defaults were picked neither /tmp nor /var/tmp used tmpfs but /tmp was cleared at boot. Some of the default for portage are curious, to say the least, like using /usr for dynamic data. --=20 Neil Bothwick 667 - The FAX number of the beast --Sig_/ekJoiZOjgO4JHx9KW0wrrYG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAlp9foMACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhtlQ/+KNyyGbqh4z5RxUto8iwtSzscPTiDwSDBjxLjffph2K347jkVOzqzngf9 wxKOPdwZdd+8JIixtGkKVMkQUfhlwpSe6lgUG+XqfWOtQh/b3kzq3nK/VtV4InN3 t9UjPjTMYjDI/T0yGQ1QR8WupsjCnEYPNADx6WiLDc9raGqz8BB+IGSCP24yIPpX NrPbKPnr5G4o44p7CM41jceZ2/XUvaadgkmWcLJKBKF+4eSftzGJ8j/RGGEN+DVY atNDAQfKvMBaHGsd0oJ8D9tAI/3NDS0QGaRDazaCpkUMCg9BUC0o5r4AGvZDYmun 8Q5EBDm1ENkp6voaxajyshCF5a/yxZAiaAt3Nw9s0N2Fayerf0JQe1DD13jPs2Sr 7Twy8alT9Zs/pWZpKOvqpvx4+2THxhHGDwHnzcQSZig+xA/JwVqoNNJa/QMiXVz4 8aCXJBxGSYRuWh4O7rfslk+G3Fyvm4aqzUifDpGdvmoNoTJkmY7lDdFVjUXV7e5h 72vJibsAEFX4rXQ27Yh1Ngh3o2y7ReNQbuTEa2KyUqR1G4jNCL3kx9IAIGNEnQv5 7NAId6BNxML8Pntnsy95WonBeXHmIQwcN2QgjGzQNdDxXF1UxiOm31kXLrSM6t4L VaVkq6wGXEwf0dmJ6C8ZSe5vZZoYRUr4USL2IueiIJ8cRiquIRY= =DoVl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ekJoiZOjgO4JHx9KW0wrrYG--