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Date:      Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:15:46 +0800
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Agent Drek <drek@MonsterByMistake.Com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: /var/tmp /usr/tmp curiosity
Message-ID:  <20000125111546.E4775@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001241155590.67783-100000@bunny.monsterbymistake.com>; from drek@MonsterByMistake.Com on Mon, Jan 24, 2000 at 12:08:36PM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001241155590.67783-100000@bunny.monsterbymistake.com>

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On Monday, 24 January 2000 at 12:08:36 -0500, Agent Drek wrote:
> Seems that after cvsup'ing and doing 'make world' both /var/tmp and /usr/tmp
> are different ... in other OS's I've dealt with /usr/tmp was a sym-link
> to /var/tmp
>
> Is this something that is just not done automagically? 

Yes.

> Does /usr/tmp need to exist?

No.  It's not part of the standard distribution; I can't imagine where
it came from if you didn't create it yourself.

> I'm not sure if this was true from the original CD install and I
> don't have a vanilla system lying around.

I wouldn't expect so.

Greg
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