Using TMPFS for /tmp and /var/run?

[Benjamin Kaduk]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> On 30 March 2012 17:57,  <deeptech71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> C. P. Ghost wrote:
>>>
>>> Not clearing /tmp on reboot has been
>>> the norm for way too long and it is too late to change now.
>>
>>
>> We either evolve or be in a stalemate forever.
>
> No, you do it in a sensible, controlled fashion.
>
> You make it really easy for people to turn on tmpfs by default. Some
> distributions of FreeBSD may pick that up, some may not.
>
> You have some people run with it, find out what software breaks and
> start issuing fixes.
>
> You aim to have that particular default deprecated in a major release.
> You make it really easy for users to switch back. You point out that
> /tmp was never designed to be persistent across reboots, we're now
> making sure that's the case.
>
> If you feel so inclined, you can add a configuration step in
> sysinstall/bsdinstall, to let the user choose.
>
> The next major release after that, you flip the default to /tmpfs.
>
> /var/tmp/ is documented to persist across reboots on a normal system.
> That require much more discussion. You're changing the default
> behaviour.

/var/tmp != /var/run

But you are entirely correct on the sensible, controlled fashion.

-Ben

P.S. I am somewhat unconvinced by this:
http://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseGoals/RunDirectory