Re: Mount /tmp as tmpfs?
For the record, I used to compile Gentoo packages in a tmpfs on a machine with 8GB+ RAM. Beside qtwebengine (which would work with a 5GB tmpfs), I never had an issue. -- Pierre Neidhardt "Right now I feel that I've got my feet on the ground as far as my head is concerned." -- Baseball pitcher Bo Belinsky signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Mount /tmp as tmpfs?
Nils Gillmannwrites: > Pierre Neidhardt transcribed 998 bytes: >> >> I was wondering if it's commendable to mount /tmp as tmpfs with GuixSD. >> I think it could be useful to speed up Guix builds. > > Guix maybe, for a developer system you run out of RAM for everything > that has serious demands in RAM and/or Diskspace for building. > > If waste of writes is your concern, getting a separate disk for > /tmp is a good choice. As long as you don't have to build big > applications from source/without substitutes tmpfs is alright. > > Been there, tried that and considered it now only for machines that > will never build anything big. Well yes, my tmpfs works perfectly, but I forgot to say that I have 128G RAM.
Re: Mount /tmp as tmpfs?
Pierre Neidhardt transcribed 998 bytes: > > I was wondering if it's commendable to mount /tmp as tmpfs with GuixSD. > I think it could be useful to speed up Guix builds. Guix maybe, for a developer system you run out of RAM for everything that has serious demands in RAM and/or Diskspace for building. If waste of writes is your concern, getting a separate disk for /tmp is a good choice. As long as you don't have to build big applications from source/without substitutes tmpfs is alright. Been there, tried that and considered it now only for machines that will never build anything big. > What would be the best way to do so? > Can't test now, but what about > > (file-system >(mount-point "/tmp") >(device "tmpfs") >(type "tmpfs") >(flags '(no-dev no-suid)) > > ? > > -- > Pierre Neidhardt