On 05/31/2012 12:45 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
On 05/31/2012 08:14 AM, Roberto Ragusa wrote:
On 05/31/2012 02:40 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote:
Heya!
Please be aware that since the most recent systemd uploads /tmp is now
in tmpfs by default in Rawhide/F18.
[...]
This will most likely lead to a problem or two with software that isn't
happy about /tmp being small.
For example "sort".
This is a good example because `sort` algorithmically needs
something below RAM in the memory hierarchy (i.e. bigger),
but with the same persistence characteristics of /tmp.
Currently `sort` defaults to $TMPDIR or if not set '/tmp'.
Which is the correct place to use.
Now /var/tmp should be "more persistent" which we don't need,
Correct, using /var/tmp is wrong and a mistake.
IMO, advising people to modify their code to using /var/tmp instead of
/tmp is absurd and evidence of ignorance towards traditional use of /tmp
and the FHS.
So I'll patch sort to default to /var/tmp rather than /tmp.
This would mean introducing a bug.
I'm a little worried about the general availability of /var/tmp.
Also consider the case of /var/tmp being a symlink to /tmp.
This was the default for some Linux variants for many years which still
can be found on many systems.
Ralf
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