Re: /var/tmp in current

2014-12-01 Thread Nick Holland
On 12/01/14 16:38, Maxim Khitrov wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Theo de Raadt > wrote: >>> /var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp. Traditionally, >>> the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is >>> cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't.

Re: /var/tmp in current

2014-12-01 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 7:43 AM, Theo de Raadt wrote: >> /var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp. Traditionally, >> the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is >> cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't. Making /var/tmp a >> symlink to /tmp means it'

Re: /var/tmp in current

2014-11-19 Thread Craig Skinner
On 2014-11-18 Tue 12:58 PM |, Martin Schr??der wrote: > > See hier(7): > > A symbolic link to the system /tmp directory. To protect other users > of /var from overfill conditions, this is no longer a space you can > trust to retain storage over a reboot. Periodically cleaned by > daily(8). > My

Re: /var/tmp in current

2014-11-18 Thread Theo de Raadt
> /var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp. Traditionally, > the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is > cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't. Making /var/tmp a > symlink to /tmp means it's no longer practical to make /tmp a ramdisk. > Is this a w

Re: /var/tmp in current

2014-11-18 Thread Martin Schröder
2014-11-18 12:08 GMT+01:00 Liviu Daia : > /var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp. Traditionally, > the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is > cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't. Making /var/tmp a > symlink to /tmp means it's no longer practic

/var/tmp in current

2014-11-18 Thread Liviu Daia
/var/tmp has been changed to be a symlink to /tmp. Traditionally, the difference between /tmp and /var/tmp has been that the former is cleaned after a reboot, while the latter isn't. Making /var/tmp a symlink to /tmp means it's no longer practical to make /tmp a ramdisk. Is this a wise change