On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:00:49 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > 2012/3/24 Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org>: >> shirish शिरीष wrote: >>> I got this error, does anybody know how I can give more space to tmpfs >>> ? >>> >>> Downloaded, time 4575.50sec, speed 29kB/sec, >>> texlive-latex-extra-doc_2009-10_2011.20120322-1_all.debdelta >>> Error: applying of delta for texlive-latex-extra-doc failed: : >>> Sorry, not enough disk space (581788kB) in directory /tmp for applying >>> delta (needs 668963kB) (retriable) >> >> Edit /etc/default/rcS, set RAMTMP=no, reboot. Or, set TMPDIR to point >> to something like $HOME/tmp >> >> You may also consider filing a bug, since the more people report >> problems with Debian's new, absurdly small /tmp, the more likely it is >> to get fixed.
+5 > Why? Because the default is giving some headaches to the users? > You can always configure as you wish. Take a look at: > > /etc/default/tmpfs > > There you can configure TMPFS_SIZE and TMP_SIZE, which are the ones > asked for. And if you definitely don't want to use tmpfs, then you can > RAMTMP=yes as you suggested. > > I think this is a matter of configuration, and we all might want > different settings for our purposes, :-) There was a recent discussion in this same list about that entitled "[Feedback needed] Setting the right size for /tmp" (it was opened by me), I would recommend reading people's comments to get a wider outlook on this with their pros and cons. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jkkv6o$7bd$1...@dough.gmane.org