On Fri, 09 Feb 2018 10:12:01 +0000, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" in > > make.conf. Job done! > > Acting on the advice of various Gentoo guides, I have this: > > # grep tmp /etc/fstab > tmpfs /var/tmp/portage tmpfs > noatime,uid=portage,gid=portage,mode=0775 0 0 > tmpfs /tmp tmpfs > noatime,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=1777 0 0 > > Are you saying I don't gain anything from it?
I can't see any benefit from the added complexity. If you want portage to use a tmpfs for its temporary directory, why not use one that is already there? -- Neil Bothwick Fragile. Do not turn umop ap1sdn!
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