RFC: cleartmp: Allow user configurable mtree for /tmp

[Xin LI]

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On 11/25/10 12:42, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Here is a patch that adds a new variable, tmp_mtree, which allows a user
>> defined mtree for /tmp.  This is useful when clear_tmp_enable="YES" and
>> some directories are needed to be exist in /tmp before services is started.
> 
> Why not just put the file(s) in /var ?

Because /var is /var and /tmp is /tmp.  Well, to be more specific -
administrator expect /var's contents to be kept when system reboots, and
/tmp is not.  For example you may want to keep session files under /tmp
and not /var, and log files under /var and not /tmp.

Note that there is a small typo in previous patch where tmp_mtree should
be cleartmp_mtree, which I forgot.

Cheers,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>	http://www.delphij.net/
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