From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 31 06:07:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1B9D106564A for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:07:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matthias.andree@gmx.de) Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1B82E8FC17 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:07:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 31 Mar 2012 06:07:37 -0000 Received: from g227125153.adsl.alicedsl.de (EHLO mandree.no-ip.org) [92.227.125.153] by mail.gmx.net (mp019) with SMTP; 31 Mar 2012 08:07:37 +0200 X-Authenticated: #428038 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/J0WRL3MvJKQs+CSti3Z18GtSmYe2RnZSXbr5fXI 2/AOTB6AQuiLFr Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by apollo.emma.line.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4C9923CEAF for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:07:36 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4F769F28.7080700@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:07:36 +0200 From: Matthias Andree User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.28) Gecko/20120313 Mnenhy/0.8.3 Thunderbird/3.1.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <4F746F1E.6090702@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4F74BCE8.2030802@vangyzen.net> <20120329195800.GH1709@albert.catwhisker.org> <4F74CB80.2030207@vangyzen.net> In-Reply-To: <4F74CB80.2030207@vangyzen.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Subject: Re: Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 06:07:39 -0000 Am 29.03.2012 22:52, schrieb Eric van Gyzen: > Respectfully, no. The default is to store /tmp in UFS, either in its > own partition (with Auto Defaults) or in / (if no partition was created > for it), and to refrain from clearing it at boot. Thus, although /tmp > is not guaranteed to persist in theory, it is rather persistent in > practice. > > My only point is: carefully consider the change in behavior of the > default installation before breaking the POLA. How about using /var/tmp for the "a little longer lived" temporary stuff?