________________________________ From: freemanr...@gmail.com <freemanr...@gmail.com> on behalf of Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> Sent: Thursday, February 8, 2018 5:38 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /var/tmp on tmpfs
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 5:32 PM, gevisz <gev...@gmail.com> wrote: >> 2018-02-09 0:19 GMT+02:00 Nikos Chantziaras <rea...@gmail.com>: >>> On 08/02/18 23:31, gevisz wrote: >>>> >>>> I do not use ccache, and in my /var/tmp I only have /var/tmp/portage >>>> and /var/tmp/genkernel (I use genkernel to generate initramfs image). >>>> >>>> I never use emerge and genkernel at the same time. So, why not to put >>>> the whole /var/tmp into one tmpfs? >>> >>> >>> Well, someone here posted that /var/tmp is supposed to persist between >>> reboots. >> >> In this case it would be nice to hear a reason. >> That's why I have asked if it does not harm. >> >Countless linux systems are configured to not preserve it between >reboots, FHS notwithstanding. That said, whether you preserve it >would probably make the difference between whether sticking ccache in >there is a good idea or not. >Personally I don't preserve it, because lots of stuff that has no need >to persist ends up in /var/tmp. I put stuff that should stick around >someplace else with a suitably liberal tmpreaper policy. >-- >Rich Just adding my 2 cents EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--fail-clean" helps a ton with tmpfs. As for the athlon x2 system, consider using distcc, I've been using it for quite awhile, I don't think it helps with the ram usage
