Noriyuki Soda wrote:
> 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.

I still think that /tmp is better than /var/tmp. /tmp is for very
temporary files which go soon or don't need to last accross reboots.
That's surely the case for updatedb.csh - it's temporary file
is worthless after reboot.

> >>> 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.

Jaromir