On Jo, 29 mar 12, 22:02:00, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > > Why do you think such scratch space should be in /tmp (regardless of > > whether /tmp is on tmpfs, a separate partition or just a directory on > > /)? > > Why? Because the last time I looked which was long ago, using /tmp for > scratch space was recommended practice in the FHS. Sure, but it is not even required and there is absolutely no mention about the size. A good behaving program should (as far as I understand) - fail gracefully if there is not enough space in /tmp - obey $TMPFS This change is uncovering some programs and practices that made unfounded assumptions about the size of /tmp and some don't even obey $TMPFS so you have no way to easily assign them more temporary space. You know the saying: "Assumption is the mother of all ..." :) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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