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#75306
31.0.50; Make `small-temporary-file-directory` variable obsolete
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Message #14 received at 75306 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> Cc: 75306 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2025 06:56:03 +0100
> From: Michael Albinus via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
> the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>
> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Hi Stefan,
>
> > I think the variable doesn't make much sense these days, and should be
> > made obsolete. Note that it is barely used in Emacs and third-party
> > packages.
> >
> > However, Tramp recently started using the variable as a place to create
> > OpenSSH Unix domain sockets. May I suggest that Tramp uses some other
> > variable for this purpose, perhaps a Tramp specific one?
>
> Is there a reason that it must be changed? What are the advantages? Does
> it hurt to keep the user option?
Exactly my questions.
The doc string says:
If non-nil, this directory is used instead of ‘temporary-file-directory’
by programs that create small temporary files. This is for systems that
have fast storage with limited space, such as a RAM disk.
This says nothing about MS-DOS, and makes perfect sense to me. It
gives our users a capability to direct small enough temporary files to
a fast temporary filesystem. If the OS sets this up, then users will
not need to customize this variable, whose default is nil. But if
some user has a good reason to customize this, why take that
flexibility from them? How do we justify removal of a feature which
could be useful to someone? From my POV, this feature needs zero
maintenance.
This bug report was last modified 162 days ago.
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