Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 18:52:15 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using /var/tmp instead of /tmp for mail.local Message-ID: <19980527185215.01519@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199805260541.WAA07243@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Daniel O'Callaghan on Mon, May 25, 1998 at 10:41:15PM -0700 References: <199805260541.WAA07243@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 10:41:15PM -0700, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > Would anyone object to the following change to pathnames.h > in mail.local as proposed by Greg Lemis? > This would reduce the risk of overflowing the root fs by large > e-mails. It is an incorrect change. /var/tmp is supposed to be used for files that should _not_ be removed on reboot; these are files that probably _should_ be removed on reboot. The fact that many people have wrongly configured systems don't mean we should break the system to cater for them - if necessary the "right patch" is to write a tmpfs which are able to _temporarily_ use space from /var :-) If somebody fix MFS and John Dyson finds time to implement his desire for 'swapoff', this would be a solution. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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