Leonid Isaev wrote: > On Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:07:18 +0100 > Geert Hendrickx <...> wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 10:55:55 -0600, Leonid Isaev wrote: >> >> > Actually, what is stupid is keeping /tmp in RAM. It is an important >> > dir, where you might have an valuable info in case of a system >> > crash. I could never understand the logic behind this choice. /tmp is important, yes, but it is for _temporary_ files. If they should be preserved across a system crash, use another directory for them! Haven't you ever wondered about /var/tmp and the like? >> Reducing disk i/o. > > I find this a very weak excuse, because the normal desktop operation > is not I/O bound, and the dafaults must be safest. If you compile a > lot/use a lot of DB stuff, just mount /tmp to RAM in fstab but this is > a special case. Well, I do a lot of compiles on my desktop system. I sencerely hope you accept this excuse. I consider pacman installs important enough to warrent the users choice as to where extracted temp files go. clemens
