Brian Cameron wrote:
> 
> Ghee:
> 
>>>> Running bld snv_111.
>>>
>>> /var/tmp is persistent across reboots.
>>>
>>> What we need to do is change the default TMPDIR on OpenSolaris to be
>>> /tmp.
>> I think that is a great suggestion. Do you know who own TMPDIR to make
>> the change?
> 
> Some programs which use TMPDIR may depend on the fact that /var/tmp
> is persistent across reboots.  We should make sure that changing TMPDIR
> to /tmp doesn't break things before making such a change.  Some
> programs might depend on TMPDIR being persistent across reboots.
> 
> Brian

Then those programs are broken since the user can affect TMPDIR by
setting it as an environment variable.

- Bart


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