On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:12:22 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > I don't trust my memory either so I looked it up. The most recent copy > of FHS I have is 2.2: > > "The /tmp directory must be made available for programs that require > temporary files. > "Programs must not assume that any files or directories in /tmp are > preserved between invocations of the program." > > It says nothing about reboots, that is a common mis-interpretation of > the standard.
But > Why not just keep it as /var/tmp? Defined as: > > "The /var/tmp directory is made available for programs that require > temporary files or directories that are preserved between system > reboots. Therefore, data stored in /var/tmp is more persistent than > data in /tmp. So it does say that /tmp can't be relied upon to survive reboots, but not in the definition of /tmp :( AIUI FHS is for binary distros, so doesn't apply to Gentoo anyway. > Portage shouldn't even begin to start thinking about belonging > in /usr :-). That's why I have: > > nazgul ~ # cat /etc/make.conf | grep PORTDIR > PORTDIR="/var/portage" Or mount /usr/portage on its own filesystem. I have it mounted on a sparse file as per http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Speeding_up_portage#MultiPurpose_Trick -- Neil Bothwick "A hundred years of forgetting and it all comes rushing back..."
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