Bug#337279: yaird: /boot != /tmp

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:44:23AM -0500, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
> Package: yaird
> Version: 0.0.11-10
> Severity: important
> 
> /boot is for "static files of the boot loader" according to the FHS.
> yaird is attempting to use it as /tmp, and failing horribly as it runs
> out of inodes:
> 
> anthony:/etc/yaird# df -i /boot
> Filesystem            Inodes   IUsed   IFree IUse% Mounted on
> /dev/md0                  64      36      28   57% /boot
> 
> Please create the temporary files where temporary files belong, namely /tmp.
> 
> It appears this might just require a several-line change to 
> /usr/lib/yaird/perl/Pack.pm's sub package ($$$). It might make sense to
> go for the atomic move in directory mode, but certainly not in cpio
> mode.
> 
> [I just changed $template to start with /tmp; going to reboot shortly to
> see if it actually works...]

A tmpfs could also be used for that, could it not ? 

Friendly,

Sven Luther