From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Mar 29 19:58:01 2012
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E77A106566C
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:58:01 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from david@catwhisker.org)
Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (m209-73.dsl.rawbw.com [198.144.209.73])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7248F8FC14
	for <current@freebsd.org>; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:58:01 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q2TJw0Tn026299; 
	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:58:00 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org)
Received: (from david@localhost)
	by albert.catwhisker.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q2TJw0YO026298;
	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:58:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david)
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:58:00 -0700
From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>
Message-ID: <20120329195800.GH1709@albert.catwhisker.org>
Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>,
	Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net>, current@freebsd.org
References: <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>
	<4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1;
	protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz"
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i
Cc: current@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
	<freebsd-current.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>,
	<mailto:freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:58:01 -0000


--YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 02:50:00PM -0500, Eric van Gyzen wrote:
> ...
> However, if you always want to use tmpfs instead of stable storage,=20
> please do not.  Some people expect /tmp to be persistent.  This is why=20
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf has clear_tmp_enable=3D"NO".  Changing this would=
=20
> break the POLA.
> ...

Errr... I'm not sure why folks might have that misguided expectation;
from hier(7):

     /tmp/      temporary files that are not guaranteed to persist across s=
ys-
                tem reboots

Foplks are welcome to do whatever they wish with their own machines,
but the FreeBSD default is as above.

And I was using swap-backed /tmp on SunOS back around 1988.... :-}

Peace,
david
--=20
David H. Wolfskill				david@catwhisker.org
Depriving a girl or boy of an opportunity for education is evil.

See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.

--YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature
Content-Disposition: inline

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD)

iEYEARECAAYFAk90vsgACgkQmprOCmdXAD1/MACfbnzoSsZaVDumESlyS0gN/SMb
ShMAniVQSMK41A9gtc7uatL+7xpuJmud
=cnWe
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--YfqBrEkRVu0wMIYz--