> > I don't know about "most people", but I tend to use -s=<half-phys-mem>
> > for sizing an MFS /tmp, and make sure /var (which is always on a
> > separate partition) is large enough to hold two crash dumps (ie, 2 x
> > phys-mem).

> So, there are many aspects. :-(

In my system, MFS /tmp (32MB) cannot hold temporary files for locate
database, but /var/tmp (150MB) can.

I think historically it is recommended to make size of /var/tmp larger
than size of /tmp. And I always do this setting.

How about back out the commitment?

>>> Modified Files:
>>>         basesrc/usr.bin/locate/locate: updatedb.csh
>>> 
>>> Log Message:
>>> Use "/tmp" and not "/var/tmp" as default temporary directory as suggested
>>> by Thilo Manske in PR bin/9535.
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