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Date:      Fri, 14 Jan 2000 11:00:07 -0800 (PST)
From:      Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
To:        wonko@entropy.tmok.com
Cc:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, sheldonh@uunet.co.za, khera@kciLink.com, ady@warpnet.ro, trond@ramstind.gtf.ol.no, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Making sure /var/tmp/vi.recover exists during reboot
Message-ID:  <200001141900.LAA29741@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200001141817.NAA04478@entropy.tmok.com> from Brian Hechinger at "Jan 14, 2000 01:17:52 pm"

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Brian Hechinger wrote:
> 
> /var/tmp on MFS makes cc go faster, but breaks vi.recovery
> so if we look at the problem we should not be trying to change the vi recovery
> system, but rather cc.  if making a change for ANY reason breaks something
> else you shouldn't fix the thing you broke, but the thing you are changing.
> 
> make /var/mfs_tmp and have cc use it for it's temporary storage.  if cc doesn't
> support that then fix cc since being able to specify where your compiler
> stores it's temp files is a Good Idea(TM)
> 

*sigh* 

man gcc

Either use -pipe or set the environmental variable TMPDIR.

-- 
Steve


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