/var/tmp is supposed to store temporary data which should be preserved over reboots, wheras /tmp is for short-term temporary data. Moreover /tmp is usually tmpfs which may make generating initramfs a bit faster.
Thanks to Martin von Gagern <[email protected]> for pointing that out. --- dracut.sh | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/dracut.sh b/dracut.sh index 1bf8ad9..fb8bd1e 100755 --- a/dracut.sh +++ b/dracut.sh @@ -544,8 +544,8 @@ elif [[ -f "$outfile" && ! -w "$outfile" ]]; then exit 1 fi -readonly TMPDIR=/var/tmp -readonly initdir=$(mktemp --tmpdir=/var/tmp/ -d -t initramfs.XXXXXX) +readonly TMPDIR=/tmp +readonly initdir=$(mktemp --tmpdir=$TMPDIR/ -d -t initramfs.XXXXXX) [ -d "$initdir" ] || { dfatal "mktemp failed." exit 1 -- 1.7.8.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
