Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 17:16:53 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Enabling Softupdates in default install on -CURRENT Message-ID: <20011203011654.01CE13808@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: <200112022320.fB2NKK040498@grimreaper.grondar.org>
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Mark Murray wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 09:18:51PM +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > > Me, I null-mount /usr/tmp onto /tmp. Works a charm :-) (Of course, > > > /usr is mounted with SU.) > > > > That is nice. But what does that have to add to this discussion? > > Are you suggesting we do that by default from sysinstall? > > (note /usr/tmp isn't even a standard directory) > > My point is that null-mounting is a valid and working alternative. > /usr/tmp can easily be made into a standard directory. No it cannot. The whole point of the /usr and /var split was to keep /usr a stable, mostly unchanging file system. All of the dynamic activity is over in /var, which you can afford to trash during a crash. I've done this before: (single user login) # mkdir -p /var/tmp # rm -rf /tmp # ln -s /var/tmp /tmp .. That provides a directory even when /var isn't mounted. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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