Re: /tmp, /var/tmp (was: Debian Quirks?)

[Dominik Kubla <kubla@netz.klinik.uni-mainz.de>]

>>>>> Pete Harlan writes:

> I believe the way to do it is to have /tmp be a real directory in
> the root filesystem, and then mount a larger filesystem over it
> later.  Programs that get run before /tmp is mounted over have the
> limited space, and all others (i.e., just about everyone) see the
> large /tmp.

Nope, the way to go is to finally implement a true memory-fs and make
/tmp a mfs.  Every other U**x (except HP-UX) does it that way (or has
the option to do it that way).

Dominik