The net result of not having a valid /tmp is that some commands issued in single-user mode may fail non-obviously as they might (reasonably?) assume /tmp is available.
Gary
At 04:50 AM 8/9/2004 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:32:50AM +0200, roland Mathieu wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to install FreeBSD with a small root partition. It's > possible to use a different partition for /tmp, but /tmp can also be a > symbolic link pointing, for example, /var/tmp. Is it a good idea ? If not > what sort of problem will I encounter ?
There's nothing wrong with a symlink. I have /tmp -> /var/tmp on all my servers and never noticed the difference to a dedicated /tmp partition. Theoretically, you'd experience a small performance hit, but only if you open(2) many /tmp files very very often. Even with a make buildworld, or a portupgrade -aRrkf, I didn't notice any difference in speed. Of course, YMMV.
-cpghost.
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