On 2012-03-28 19:12:27 +0100, Brian wrote: > But defaults are defaults. Files in /etc/default can be altered.
This is OK for system-wide settings, such as: > Do I really want portmap to listen on all interfaces? Do I want CUPS > to load a driver for a parallel port printer when I do not have one. but /tmp is used by end users, who may have different needs, even if they use the same applications. What if some user wants tmpfs while some other user (on the same machine) prefers a large /tmp size? If this can't be determined at the user-level side, there should be at least some documentation to describe what can be done with /tmp and what shouldn't be. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- 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/20120403114406.ge8...@xvii.vinc17.org