Re: how to increase space for tmpfs /tmp
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:00:49 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
> 2012/3/24 Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>:
>> shirish शिरीष wrote:
>>> I got this error, does anybody know how I can give more space to tmpfs
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Downloaded, time 4575.50sec, speed 29kB/sec,
>>> texlive-latex-extra-doc_2009-10_2011.20120322-1_all.debdelta
>>> Error: applying of delta for texlive-latex-extra-doc failed: :
>>> Sorry, not enough disk space (581788kB) in directory /tmp for applying
>>> delta (needs 668963kB) (retriable)
>>
>> Edit /etc/default/rcS, set RAMTMP=no, reboot. Or, set TMPDIR to point
>> to something like $HOME/tmp
>>
>> You may also consider filing a bug, since the more people report
>> problems with Debian's new, absurdly small /tmp, the more likely it is
>> to get fixed.
+5
> Why?
Because the default is giving some headaches to the users?
> You can always configure as you wish. Take a look at:
>
> /etc/default/tmpfs
>
> There you can configure TMPFS_SIZE and TMP_SIZE, which are the ones
> asked for. And if you definitely don't want to use tmpfs, then you can
> RAMTMP=yes as you suggested.
>
> I think this is a matter of configuration, and we all might want
> different settings for our purposes, :-)
There was a recent discussion in this same list about that entitled
"[Feedback needed] Setting the right size for /tmp" (it was opened by
me), I would recommend reading people's comments to get a wider outlook
on this with their pros and cons.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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