[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#630615: Bug#630615: RAMTMP should default to no

[Michael Biebl]

Am 15.06.2011 19:13, schrieb Petter Reinholdtsen:
> [Michael Biebl]
>> For this type of data /var/tmp is not the right place.
> 
> Actually, /var/tmp/ is the right place for this kind of data.

For the examples I mentioned, those files don't need to be persistent, so
/var/tmp would not be the right place.

> I am sure there are programs saving large files in /tmp/, but for me
> this only proves that there are programs with bugs around.  Bugs that
> should be fixed, not worked around.

Well, I don't consider programs using /tmp for large temporary files as buggy as
long as someone can provide reference for it.
At least neither the FHS nor the debian-policy give justification for that.

Michael

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