[bug #13774] Why is updatedb prefering /var/tmp over /tmp for temporary files?

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                 Summary: Why is updatedb prefering /var/tmp over /tmp for
temporary files?
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Tue 07/12/05 at 13:05
                Category: updatedb
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Arthur Korn
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: None
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

This was originally reported by Arthur Korn in http://bugs.debian.org/317815

updatedb by default uses /var/tmp for temporary files.

| We had a problem today on one system where /var would be full every
| night. We figured out that /var/tmp/ was full with hundreds of megabytes
| of files with names like 'sortXb87kd'. Some inspection led me to |
assumption that those are buffer files from sort, which it places | in TMPDIR,
which is set to /var/tmp/ here:

Afaict from reading FHS /var/tmp should only be used instead of /tmp if the
temporary files must not be deleted on reboot. I fail to see how this applies
to updatedb.
             thanks, cu andreas
PS: Sorry, I have not taken my savannah pasword with me.



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