On Wed, 2020-03-18 at 20:29 +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > Set /tmp first, then /var/tmp. /tmp is volatile on NetBSD and > /var/tmp not. This improves performance in the common use. > The downstream copy of GCC was patched for this preference > since 2015. > > Remove occurence of /usr/tmp as it was never valid for NetBSD. > It was already activey disabled in the GCC manual page in 1996 and > in the GCC source code at least in 1998. > > This change is not a matter of user-preference but Operating > System defaults that disagree with the libiberty detection plan. > > No functional change for other Operataing Systems/environments. > > libiberty/ChangeLog: > > * make-temp-file.c (choose_tmpdir): Honor NetBSD specific paths. > --- > libiberty/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ > libiberty/make-temp-file.c | 8 +++++++- > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog > index 106c107e91a..18b9357aaed 100644 > --- a/libiberty/ChangeLog > +++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog > @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ > +2020-03-18 Kamil Rytarowski <n...@gmx.com> > + > + * make-temp-file.c (choose_tmpdir): Honor NetBSD specific paths. I'd strongly recommend against this as-is.
The whole reason we prefer /var/tmp is because it's often dramatically larger than a ram-backed /tmp. I wouldn't mind dropping /usr/tmp. That so antiquated that it'd be non- controversial. Can you send that as a separate patch. Jeff >
