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 924081382C5 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2018 22:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 97894E0BF1; Thu, 8 Feb 2018 22:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pg0-x244.google.com (mail-pg0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c05::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29884E0AB7 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 2018 22:38:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pg0-x244.google.com with SMTP id s73so2324876pgc.1 for ; Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:38:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=Ma5qNU+aVq+z/TizFhpVgXGaH5wUFOt8vHmm+N8DKJU=; b=YRzgliSDO2MkMp87yY8mByzlS3LetZOvjmDQfb0YsUEOhXJB/OLm0KpkV4o1HprDnX 8VMeX6WrYV0Cv/2opdyMk44SJnoFQUCk1pfVkCg6YBWx+spzrZDEPo+TntiBw3gPH1gD 0uB6+cgd/cj1XdSrA8U0EqV/V0jCb6FNuaKYF3F1eWcefFiAwedv572t1Vv8gt/eTShF Y2ziyo7m3DaHk7Rc1XHSJQ+AJWgUGyJKGk44aYnL7x1/3CUfUl0lWGFvmC1W0pYjux2n G9gXEhlGRBcpakprhQtTRTslofpkkVuFo8514oNPygGAAIconz1GBI+CCgdSsMLsfG9a GcmQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=Ma5qNU+aVq+z/TizFhpVgXGaH5wUFOt8vHmm+N8DKJU=; b=DKC2nIrezuiaieXDqUUGF+s6q70CboU/uY6djdT1IWPKh/N/HKzRuLhQnD+SGddUyE S8h/I7yryzyv5asv+ojTaAEvDB6MkpPvuIZEj1iL4TmkHcxmSrOQsM5DpLxb9oda7NT+ 4T1ZMXyJ8/RybWuyZiwIGSLY5kEE7MWZInPsm4WdOR2C78k6sHbcWIvL6A9KSWWEESL7 J/neIpPJdbp6jB4EWwFxII95b6gbMfgc7pxa7RQ2WceC9YLdn4LPRK8ME4iEOVT87DLr GlqcEwkW4p8uHJwBsmT0RaVq8yTcNpc0U/YKZp9/tccejQU3Ew7HlJvgOuY6wio63UAt QsFw== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPDNnt9ObhkFWaDc9NDJlgeq9XL+K4827/MjSblKN/mFLdL7dbRK OkTi2GqBJeiDvQVrNDVUSt1o4QIVpru9xauo9Ha55w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x227a05P0F3lGX5XUXqblkHkQtsum86y3h1KlNlB33rPSKjTDp+bIx6ReTMgkjFqdnFLdfVToeSG73KpJTcys5sc= X-Received: by 10.99.95.150 with SMTP id t144mr573139pgb.59.1518129503765; Thu, 08 Feb 2018 14:38:23 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.100.134.1 with HTTP; Thu, 8 Feb 2018 14:38:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: Rich Freeman Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2018 17:38:23 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: XWXtJjjiayv4mdP01IwxcBuzb64 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /var/tmp on tmpfs To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: cc277795-0ccf-4454-b886-63f792f57a57 X-Archives-Hash: 132484e4f8f6e153625441cb0df482a3 On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 5:32 PM, gevisz wrote: > 2018-02-09 0:19 GMT+02:00 Nikos Chantziaras : >> On 08/02/18 23:31, gevisz wrote: >>> >>> I do not use ccache, and in my /var/tmp I only have /var/tmp/portage >>> and /var/tmp/genkernel (I use genkernel to generate initramfs image). >>> >>> I never use emerge and genkernel at the same time. So, why not to put >>> the whole /var/tmp into one tmpfs? >> >> >> Well, someone here posted that /var/tmp is supposed to persist between >> reboots. > > In this case it would be nice to hear a reason. > That's why I have asked if it does not harm. > Countless linux systems are configured to not preserve it between reboots, FHS notwithstanding. That said, whether you preserve it would probably make the difference between whether sticking ccache in there is a good idea or not. Personally I don't preserve it, because lots of stuff that has no need to persist ends up in /var/tmp. I put stuff that should stick around someplace else with a suitably liberal tmpreaper policy. -- Rich