On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:55:28PM +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: >> 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. Well, not just FHS, but "traditional" usage within Red Hat and Fedora. For as long as I can remember, /tmp has had a 10-day retention and /var/tmp 30-day. Does that matter? -- Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> Senior Systems Architect -- Instructional & Research Computing Services Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel