On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> wrote: > On Sat, 2011-11-12 at 22:24 +0100, Bastien ROUCARIES wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Recently debian put /tmp under tmpfs. >> >> Even if it increase reponsivness under desktop, it ruin completly >> sciene and imaging software that do some off loading on /tmp. >> >> For instance using gscan2pdf on 60pages document create more than 1.2G >> of image file under /tmp and crash du to missing space. >> >> What are the solution for this kind of problem ? > > This problem has little to do with use of tmpfs; it is not reasonable to > assume that /tmp has that much space. Programs should generally allow > use of /tmp to be overridden by $TMPDIR and should handle disk-full > errors gracefully.
Yes I agree. But wich $TMPDIR should we use ? /var/tmp does not fit because it is not cleaned at boot. And the problem is the default have changed. I do not excuse sloppy programmer. but we need something like a standard tmp dir that is file backed and cleaned every boot. Bastien > Ben. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > The program is absolutely right; therefore, the computer must be wrong. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cae2spablfnpapdfmpfe+htzjwbebjsnpcs7ibep675z9nx5...@mail.gmail.com
