Follow-up Comment #5, bug #13774 (project findutils):
It doesn't look to me as if our preference for /var/tmp violates the FHS at
all.
I don't think that we're really dictating policy via updatedb. After all,
/var/tmp is a valid place to put temporary files, and this choice can be
overrridden i
Follow-up Comment #4, bug #13774 (project findutils):
> Therefore it's especially silly to use /tmp for scratch files
> on systems where this is actually stored in VM (e.g.
> Solaris). There have also been bug reports in the past caused
> by people running out of space in /tmp (or /). Some system
Follow-up Comment #3, bug #13774 (project findutils):
Ok, I see the wisdom in this. Maybe this wisdom could be integrated into the
FHS as well.
The combination of millions of hardlinks with long names created by
storebackup and a not _that_ large /var/ partition where numerous other tasks
where
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #13774 (project findutils):
Jay wrote:
> If you want sort to use a different subdirectory I suggest you
> set TMPDIR in /etc/updatedb.conf. I will modify updatedb itself
> not to override TMPDIR if it is already set.
There is no change is necessary, this is already supp
