Am 15.06.2011 17:56, schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen: > [Michael Biebl] >> the default for new installations is to use RAMTMP=yes. > > Hm, do not remember doing this change. Anyone know when it happened? > >> I think having RAMTMP as optional feature is great, but it should >> default to no, because this is the safer default: >> - virtual machines are usually provisioned with only the minimal >> required amount of RAM. >> - a typical hard disk is much bigger than RAM and thus /tmp on a typical >> installation provides much more space then RAM. >> - software using /tmp to store large amounts of data, like backup >> programs, download managers etc. > > Given that /var/tmp/ should be used for large files, and /tmp/ should > only be used for smaller temporary files that should go away when a > machine is rebooted, your argument do not really have much weight.
The distinction between /var/tmp and /tmp is about persistence, and not the size of the data stored there. I can't find any reference saying that /tmp is only for small files and /var/tmp only for large files. Fact of the matter is, that there is software out there using /tmp to store large amount of temporary data (which doesn't need to survive reboots, so /var/tmp would be the wrong place). Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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