Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:55:40 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/sendmail/mail.local pathnames.h Message-ID: <19991217145539.A22579@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19991216193301.A19677@panzer.kdm.org> References: <199912170118.RAA59943@freefall.freebsd.org> <19991216193301.A19677@panzer.kdm.org>
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On Thursday, 16 December 1999 at 19:33:01 -0700, Kenneth D. Merry wrote: > On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 17:18:45 -0800, Greg Lehey wrote: >> grog 1999/12/16 17:18:45 PST >> >> Modified files: >> contrib/sendmail/mail.local pathnames.h >> Log: >> Change location of temporary file from /tmp to /var/tmp. This is a >> repeat of an earlier commit which apparently got lost with the last >> import. It helps solve the frequently reported problem >> >> pid 4032 (mail.local), uid 0 on /: file system full >> >> (though there appears to be a lot of space) caused by idiots sending >> 30 MB mail messages. >> >> Most-recently-reported-by: jahanur <jahanur@jjsoft.com> >> >> Add $FreeBSD$ so that I can check the file back in. > > I don't mean to start another babbling war on -committers, but wouldn't > this break POLA, since most applications set TMPDIR to /tmp by default? Possibly. There are other alternatives; I personally wonder why we need a temporary file at all. I was just re-applying a change which had been made a couple of years ago. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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