Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:43:06 +0000 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de, eric@vangyzen.net, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, matt.thyer@gmail.com Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? Message-ID: <CADLo839bF5Q%2BiZ-ExQi8VhpuAmxu%2BXhvZT7hVW35FCFq_V1huA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120330.151848.41706133.sthaug@nethelp.no> References: <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net> <CACM2%2B-7Ahn6J=CTASe0g48%2BSD2vvLVd_hG3DRZmvO31QszG5Xw@mail.gmail.com> <20120330.151848.41706133.sthaug@nethelp.no>
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On 30 Mar 2012 14:26, <sthaug@nethelp.no> wrote: > > > > However, if you always want to use tmpfs instead of stable storage, > > please do not. Some people expect /tmp to be persistent. This is why > > /etc/defaults/rc.conf has clear_tmp_enable="NO". Changing this would break > > the POLA. > > > > > This is a mistake. > > > > The default should be clear_tmp_enable="YES" > > if only to uncover those broken configurations that expect /tmp to be > > persistent. > > If you want to break POLA and make a lot of people angry, sure. > Otherwise no. > I would very much like an example of where /tmp is expected to persist. Chris
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