Package: coreutils
Version: 8.5-1
Severity: important
Hi,
For some reason, sort generates temporary files in /var/tmp instead of /tmp.
As /var/tmp is not cleaned regularly or on boot, this means that any left
over files (eg due to crashes) will be left in /var/tmp forever.
Also sort cannot use
On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:47:10 +0100
Jim Meyering j...@meyering.net wrote:
For some reason, sort generates temporary files in /var/tmp instead of /tmp.
As /var/tmp is not cleaned regularly or on boot, this means that any left
over files (eg due to crashes) will be left in /var/tmp forever.
For some reason, sort generates temporary files in /var/tmp instead of /tmp.
As /var/tmp is not cleaned regularly or on boot, this means that any left
over files (eg due to crashes) will be left in /var/tmp forever.
Also sort cannot use the data on subsequent invocations, which makes the
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