Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:29:07 -0400 From: Lucas Holt <luke@foolishgames.com> To: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> Cc: "matt.thyer@gmail.com" <matt.thyer@gmail.com>, "ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de" <ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de>, "eric@vangyzen.net" <eric@vangyzen.net>, "sthaug@nethelp.no" <sthaug@nethelp.no>, "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? Message-ID: <ACCF8105-7367-4E6A-8AA6-CF3580AA9656@foolishgames.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo839bF5Q%2BiZ-ExQi8VhpuAmxu%2BXhvZT7hVW35FCFq_V1huA@mail.gmail.com> 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> <CADLo839bF5Q%2BiZ-ExQi8VhpuAmxu%2BXhvZT7hVW35FCFq_V1huA@mail.gmail.com>
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/tmp is used by eaccelerator for its cache. It's not required to persist but does prevent the need to regenerate everything after a reboot. Lucas Holt On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"help
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