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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>
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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.=20

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:
>>=20
>>>> 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=3D"NO".  Changing this would
> break
>>> the POLA.
>>>>=20
>>> This is a mistake.
>>>=20
>>> The default should be clear_tmp_enable=3D"YES"
>>> if only to uncover those broken configurations that expect /tmp to be
>>> persistent.
>>=20
>> If you want to break POLA and make a lot of people angry, sure.
>> Otherwise no.
>>=20
>=20
> I would very much like an example of where /tmp is expected to persist.
>=20
> Chris
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