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#1 2013-02-27 16:32:19
- KairiTech
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[Solved] /var mounted as tmpfs
Is mounting /var as tmpfs a good idea or are there apps that do not adhere to /var being strictly for "transient and temporary files" that do not survive to the next boot?
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#2 2013-02-27 16:43:46
- Scimmia
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Re: [Solved] /var mounted as tmpfs
having the entire var on tmpfs is bad. Ignoring all of the other problems, you would lose your logs and pacman database on every boot.
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#3 2013-02-27 16:44:05
- hiciu
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Re: [Solved] /var mounted as tmpfs
No, mouting /var as tmpfs is not a good idea. Things in /var/lib (i.e. pacman's database), /var/log, /var/spool (i.e. crontabs, mails) are meant to be persistent.
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#4 2013-02-27 16:55:10
- KairiTech
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Re: [Solved] /var mounted as tmpfs
Thanks guys.
Glad I asked before wasting any time trying it. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) says that files in /var are transient and temporary when it really means variable and changes often.
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