On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 12:30:21 +0200 gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote about Re: [gentoo-user] /var/tmp on tmpfs:
> > Why mess around with another tmpfs? Just set PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" in > > make.conf. Job done! > > It is an interesting idea. But why it is not done by default then? > > Can somebody think of a situation when it should not be done? /var/tmp/portage may take up quite some space, and not everybody will want to have that on a RAM-based fs. cu Gerrit
