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Date:      Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:40:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Enabling Softupdates in default install on -CURRENT 
Message-ID:  <200112030040.fB30epM93968@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <200112030009.fB309lP93753@apollo.backplane.com>  <200112030023.fB30NY041328@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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:
:>     Verses what, simply using a softlink?  I've had /tmp softlinked to
:>     /var/tmp for years without problems.
:
:Symlinks break if the thing they point to does not exist. In the null
:mount case, you still have a dir.

    Not really relevant.   There is no reason why you can't have
    a /var/tmp on the / partition for /tmp to point to if /var
    isn't mounted.  I usually don't bother, but it works just fine.

						-Matt

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