[arch-general] pacman/libalpm/libfetch do not honor TMPDIR
clemens fischer
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Fri Nov 25 11:35:51 EST 2011
Allan McRae wrote:
> On 25/11/11 09:18, clemens fischer wrote:
>
>> would it be possible to let pacman, libalpm and libfetch honor the
>> environment variable TMPDIR?
>
> File a bug report or at least post to the pacman-dev list. Then
> relevant people might actually see your request.
I'm not "relevant" enough to post to any dev lists.
> But I do not get it... what is the point of having /tmp in RAM and
> then setting TMPDIR elsewhere?
This has been answered by Hector Martinez-Seara. Sometimes, there's not
enough space in /tmp ...
clemens
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