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Is this normal, +</I>>>>><i> shouldnt there be some automatic purging mechanism? +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Juergen +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Maybe we should default to /tmp being on tmpfs so that +</I>>>><i> this gets purged on every reboot? This would also be more +</I>>>><i> in accordance with FHS imho. +</I>>><i> This is one of my goals for mga3 (I have it in my notes for the +</I>>><i> technical specs discussion that will come), but certainly not for mga2 +</I>>><i> as this is quite a big change and some apps may have to be patched to +</I>>><i> use /var/tmp instead etc. if they store large things in there. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Col +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Well, this is what FHS says (in an ideal world it would reflect reality) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Programs must not assume that any files or directories in /tmp are +</I>><i> preserved between invocations of the program. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> IEEE standard P1003.2 (POSIX, part 2) makes requirements that are similar +</I>><i> to the above section. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Although data stored in /tmp may be deleted in a site-specific manner, it +</I>><i> is recommended that files and directories located in /tmp be deleted +</I>><i> whenever the system is booted. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Just mentioned it as one possible solution to the problem at hands. +</I> +Absolutely (for once the FHS is sensible here :D). + +But it's more of a practical consideration at the moment. Some apps do +indeed store large data here... so we'd need to do this kind of thing +early on in the cycle, not last minute. + +I think Fedora will ultimately do this, as will SuSE, so I don't see any +problem with it in principle. + +Col + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="014735.html">[Mageia-dev] [Mageia-discuss] many systemd temporary directories +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="014741.html">[Mageia-dev] [Mageia-discuss] many systemd temporary directories +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#14737">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#14737">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#14737">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#14737">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |