Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 21:27:30 -0500 (EST) From: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net> To: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/5054: /tmp not nuked on reboot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971115212142.9762O-100000@cello.synapse.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.971115150956.6026E-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net>
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On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Steve Price wrote: > IMHO, cleaning /tmp or any files for that matter without me, the system > administrator, having explicitly told it to do so smells of anarchy. I > wished I had the power to reverse such things as this, but this seems > to be a policy decision that the core group has made and the best place > to plead your case is with them. I'm pretty sure that at least Jordan > is following this thread and will chime in at any moment and clue both > of us in as to why this functionality was removed. :) My guess is that it was removed because people who didn't understand what /tmp was for were losing files. Otherwise there really wasn't any reason to change it :-) > Please don't take this the wrong way. I tried to offer you an alternative > solution that would accomplish what you wanted. If my solution does not > suit your needs, feel free to develop your own or revert back to the > legacy way of doing things. As for getting this change reverted in > FreeBSD, we will have to wait and see what some of the others have > to say. I know that this is something that a lot of people like and a lot of people hate. Fortunately, that is why /etc/rc.conf exists, so that you can configure what _you_ want the system to do. What I'd like to see is for this to become an option in /etc/rc.conf. That way those who want it can and those who don't just don't set that option. Evan
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