Bug 39668

Summary:	default /tmp mounted as tmpfs
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Simon Cooper <thecoop>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	radek
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Simon Cooper 2004-01-28 08:03:27 UTC

A lot of people have been having problems of /tmp filling up their hard disk. I suggest having, by default, /tmp mounted as a tmpfs. ie, in /etc/fstab _by_default_ have:
none                    /tmp            tmpfs           defaults        0 0

I have had this for several months now, and have had no ill effects whatsoever. /tmp gets wiped every reboot and it has unlimited size (well, as big as your mem/swap), unlike your hard disk. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2004-01-28 14:44:16 UTC

iirc this has come up before the answer has been 'no'

Comment 2 Jon Portnoy (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-01-28 14:48:32 UTC

The answer is still no. 8)

It's not expected behavior and most people don't want to use perfectly good RAM for /tmp