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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
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