On 20-01-2008 08:47:26 -0500, Richard Freeman wrote:
> You and I know what /tmp is for, but we also know that we shouldn't be 
> running as root all the time and yet I'm sure there is a note in the 
> install handbook about that.  95% of new linux users come from Windows, and 
> as such they have a few bad habits that they'd probably be all to happy to 
> lose if somebody takes the time to point them out.

On Solaris /tmp is mounted on your swap, so you don't want to write
large/many files there (e.g. unpacking source tars).

> In any case, an elog should solve the problem...

Mike already added an elog, so it's done.

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Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level
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