Bug#654861: coreutils: sort creates temporary files in /var/tmp instead of /tmp thus violating the FHS

2012-01-06 Thread Attila Kinali
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

Bug#654861: coreutils: sort creates temporary files in /var/tmp instead of /tmp thus violating the FHS

2012-01-06 Thread Attila Kinali
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.

Bug#654861: coreutils: sort creates temporary files in /var/tmp instead of /tmp thus violating the FHS

2012-01-06 Thread Jim Meyering
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