On Thu, 31.05.12 08:51, Matthew Miller (mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > 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? We still have 10d and 30d clean-up for that. With one addition though: /tmp is also flushed on reboot. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering - Red Hat, Inc. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
