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Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:40:11 +0200
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Compiler temp files in /var/tmp?!?
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On Fri, Sep 18, 1998 at 10:34:51AM -0600, Nate Williams wrote:
> > Something (and I've not yet investigated closely what) is writing to
> > (or at least accessing) /var/tmp for each kernel source file[1] that
> > is compiled on my box.  I quote from hier(7):
> > 
> >      /var/    multi-purpose log, temporary, transient, and spool files
> >               tmp/       temporary files that are kept between system reboots
> > 
> > 
> > I'm not able to find any reference to var/tmp in the gcc sources (and
> > I have none in my environment).
> 
> Have you set TMPDIR to /var/tmp?

No.  That's part of what I was referring to with 'and I have none in
my environment'.

It seems to be using /var/tmp by default.  It keep working if I unmount
the disk /var/tmp is symlinked into (I assume by using /tmp instead).

Eivind.

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