Re: The /tmp and modules_install saga
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
6 Oct 1998 11:18:50 -0700
In article <linux.kernel.m0zQa1H-000aNTC@the-village.bc.nu>,
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> But I don't like this "fix". Thou shalt not work in /lib. My root directory is
>> small and deliberately so. /tmp is the right place to do this work. Just
>
>Unfortunately /tmp/ isnt usable in a vendor portable manner. I can submit
>Linus an elegant clean patch that uses /tmp and works on RH 5.0+/current SuSE
>and Debian and probably crashes and burns on Slackware. Thats far worse
Why will it probably crash and burn?
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