Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 12:09:53 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> To: Guido Falsi <mad@madpilot.net>, xfce@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XFCE upgraded to 4.16 Message-ID: <6bc1a88b-0455-93ff-10cc-91fe1b0dbc41@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <5f8cf84b-2474-d822-3f47-e57adabe1d92@madpilot.net> References: <46a21428-a640-f895-0f3b-f44c09497bf5@madpilot.net> <747ecac6-6d60-6143-1ae1-47801299b59b@netfence.it> <1502a321-02c0-13e9-16b3-6f11da9de3af@madpilot.net> <47ede65d-817a-8d80-a582-660d43ac6ac3@andreaventuroli.it> <ee9f59de-8814-cf6d-cf8a-ff13a88dccd2@madpilot.net> <45c74d5a-909b-8905-6673-b340e1d976b4@netfence.it> <b46f4878-8bb5-557f-a6c5-9b5500550aa6@madpilot.net> <989cf919-245c-61f9-3091-b0933849093b@netfence.it> <2b8631d8-479b-15ee-1efd-cc4bffd14710@madpilot.net> <838b577f-eb40-2776-19d4-2fb5f71611b3@netfence.it> <3655b4f7-0012-424b-7aa6-1d85fa2e9021@madpilot.net> <5f8cf84b-2474-d822-3f47-e57adabe1d92@madpilot.net>
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On 1/8/21 8:42 PM, Guido Falsi wrote: >> I don't agree. Using a network file system for home directory if >> problematic at present. Most software uses sqlite databases for >> configurations which explicitly does not support networked file >> systems. and other problems could arise. >> >> Such a note should be attached to most software in the ports tree. >> Firefox and thunderbird (and most other browsers AFAIK) just to name >> two which use sqlite DBs heavily. (This is going OT, but Sqlite, in their FAQ, only suggest against *multiple processes* accessing the same database over NFS. ThunderBird works perfectly in such a setup as it's only one user/program accessing the database.) > ANyway, thinking about it, if the chflag errors are just warnings like > you say above, then setting a custom TMPDIR will not be needed even with > your setup. So there is no need for a warning anyway. Guido, you are losing sight with the heart of the problem, i.e. without TMPDIR, xfce4-appearance-settings tries to create a temporary directory in / (and obviously fails). This has nothing to do with where home is or what filesystem it's using. IMVVHO, if TMPDIR is something a FreeBSD will most probably NOT have, then it should be changed into something else. Or at least the user should know it must be set. bye av.
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