Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[John Aldrich]

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff.  And this "stuff" is
> sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory.  In 7.1 the use of
> /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued.  Now they use
> /root/tmp which most people leave alone.  
> 
Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
TEMP directory... :-)
        John