On 24.11.18 22:41, Adam Borowski wrote: > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 02:40:31PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 06:47:42PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > In my last install, I still had /tmp and /var on separate partitions, > > > but I'm questionning the validity of such a setup. > > > > It's useful to have /tmp on a separate partition in case some process > > running amok fills it and ordinary shell commands that need temprary > > files stop working. > > And it's even better if that partition is formatted as swap. You then mount > /tmp as tmpfs (hey, lookie at the name!), and files there won't even hit the > disk unless there's some memory pressure. With default value of > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness being 60, the system won't sacrifice caching just to > keep old crap in /tmp in memory and will swap them out eventually. But, > during any compilation, gcc's temp files won't need to be written out if gcc > doesn't manage to delete them within that 5 seconds window...
Hey, that could speed up big compiles. Sounds worth trying. That leaves /var, which I've kept separate for three decades, to obviate the risk of furious rates of logging fatally depleting /. OK, it takes longer now, but the principle remains. Growth of /tmp was never a problem, as removal of several day old tmp files was/is a standard cronjob, at least after you've been bitten once. Erik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng