Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:44:31 -0700 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "C. P. Ghost" <cpghost@cordula.ws>, sthaug@nethelp.no Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? Message-ID: <CAJ-Vmo=99kP%2B9wVc7h%2B-fYMAKNh09K-HEN1-aWGmXXnMfTsNHg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CADLo839w4sWyqVh0bG1bXHQ41T48EM-Yry8AnH8rqOdYydCC2A@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> <CADGWnjXj5W_UCHPExNjxHgq3EZHP1GwocnK4kOHLch5y3gNG0A@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo83-c3jNd9XAyCMhqrEP3x9nvX1=Q9j7foEB37zRy3QZWDA@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ-VmonpQ7hBxd3k8RmxKmQ0s=EKmvcjmA1Yji6bp24Uc0Cvgg@mail.gmail.com> <CADLo839w4sWyqVh0bG1bXHQ41T48EM-Yry8AnH8rqOdYydCC2A@mail.gmail.com>
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On 30 March 2012 12:42, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Guess what ext4 did? :) >> >> Don't mis-estimate POLA. > > Well, having thought about what this conversation was *really* about, > I may have unintentionally derailed it a little. > > My original intention was to say to Oliver, please, don't be > discouraged from using tmpfs for /tmp, and make sure you send PRs to > the upstream of any programs that misbehave as such. > > Let's not make judgement on people who treat /tmp as persistent quite yet ;) I'm not mis-judging anyone. :-) I'm just pointing out that things are not always quite as obvious as they seem. One of those reasons people stick/stuck with BSD is that we don't go and change this stuff so quickly. Adrian
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