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 D71FA1382C5 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:58:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EBCA6E0CA2; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.20]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 884CDE0C57 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [81.108.251.46] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03a.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ek6O4-0005yI-2m for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:58:36 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 927C6662C4 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:58:35 +0000 (GMT) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 10:58:35 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs Message-ID: <20180209105835.6a52f544@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <253051741.PjgAUXto2j@peak> References: <63b383d1-e75d-097a-593a-6b955b482676@youngman.org.uk> <20180209081129.685e8b1a@digimed.co.uk> <253051741.PjgAUXto2j@peak> 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_/JxNXSDbd29eiCzygtdP.OAN"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03a-IP: [81.108.251.46] Feedback-ID: 81.108.251.46 X-Archives-Salt: 6a0d4c03-eac8-45e4-9861-81511464d4f5 X-Archives-Hash: 444f84ebe9408da6896cb75ecb566e47 --Sig_/JxNXSDbd29eiCzygtdP.OAN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:12:01 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR=3D"/tmp" in > > make.conf. Job done! =20 >=20 > Acting on the advice of various Gentoo guides, I have this: >=20 > # grep tmp /etc/fstab > tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs > noatime,uid=3Dportage,gid=3Dportage,mode=3D0775 0 0 > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs > noatime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=3D1777 0 0 >=20 > Are you saying I don't gain anything from it? I can't see any benefit from the added complexity. If you want portage to use a tmpfs for its temporary directory, why not use one that is already there? --=20 Neil Bothwick Fragile. Do not turn umop ap1sdn! --Sig_/JxNXSDbd29eiCzygtdP.OAN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE8k9T/rX16EJxEKG692eFu0QSMJgFAlp9ftsACgkQ92eFu0QS MJhaOg/8Cp/7bYFMfG0WPwRU4IBESMz/Fam9fHgMBMfhIyxQyt3g/DlHnDP/qdU5 eaYaeUZ7V7+vTMQ+sCg25cEMAM41qQgisX69sC7jGuUcGYqcI3aVWwM3wPJ5UYq/ aOguf9PaJJWkDQlTSw8Fp47rFUDO4K5MI06O6SoekYyyI8kSEbT8C0nw6BWJCZoc h22+XEoC+yHnLwPgAuJB5HQFMxx/m4yMqPo7JNDzsG7494fd6UZVz4q8jyW7dYnu aZlms66i/EnAebMbCtMgh3HZug3svlqgHpR3dsgAbUE/VqPFMdnTD+ffr1NQnvFH Wzo5ajwwzVe3qOa91Zm5MybrdAjv78JkFvEDHMeG/4WhNmzMJ07eFy1qqRo2v7Wl gal/h78umrp7YJ9fh+xsfp1lJEHuHJgBjoGVwv839Qx6QXsXVAK3uWqC+RayWSg7 mCmeBm3mYfvSxjNBf9H4lN6sdKWYHRcbXPVvGlqe6PUYlsBr7OCgb9F6E/I8v4gj kHQfVlYK2yz/c+gTSJmzft6B03LzBhq73aohwpI8C0dZQcDfpYc+EcVuWV0HBQMk UXrpA8J73G7tIe4HS5x6VQQw/hVgQ+8bLoLflZlkfnEyrx/Xn7QW3ukakDN1ViUA B2QvfTKIAnMEFqi7L3DiQ9Yc4CZchcC5fSllRMGSFDAvPJlDLhQ= =IDYB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/JxNXSDbd29eiCzygtdP.OAN--