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Re: CVS commit: src/external/gpl3



> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 14:57:40 +0100
> From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
> 
> Maybe we could specify TMPDIR somewhere in /etc and point to /tmp?
> 
> The build of tools could be fixed independently.

It is wrong for gcc to abuse /var/tmp for files that aren't
meaningfully persistent, just like it would be wrong to abuse /usr/bin
for configuration files that the operator is expected to edit.  If
upstream inexplicably insisted on abusing /usr/bin for a configuration
file because it was once on a larger partition than /etc, we would
patch gcc to fix that bug too.

If gcc doesn't respect TMPDIR, that's a separate bug that should be
fixed as well.

We don't need to set TMPDIR=/tmp anywhere because that's already what
correct programs use by default (for example, via _PATH_TMP).


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