/tmp is used by eaccelerator for its cache. It's not required to persist but does prevent the need to regenerate everything after a reboot.
Lucas Holt On Mar 30, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Chris Rees <[email protected]> wrote: > On 30 Mar 2012 14:26, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> However, if you always want to use tmpfs instead of stable storage, >>> please do not. Some people expect /tmp to be persistent. This is why >>> /etc/defaults/rc.conf has clear_tmp_enable="NO". Changing this would > break >>> the POLA. >>>> >>> This is a mistake. >>> >>> The default should be clear_tmp_enable="YES" >>> if only to uncover those broken configurations that expect /tmp to be >>> persistent. >> >> If you want to break POLA and make a lot of people angry, sure. >> Otherwise no. >> > > I would very much like an example of where /tmp is expected to persist. > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
