[tor-commits] [tor-browser-build/master] Bug 23403: Use tor-browser-build/tmp rather than /tmp as default tmp_dir

[gk at torproject.org]

commit b2dd98160a1c07f73f7ab66475cb02be295e4ee5
Author: Nicolas Vigier <boklm at torproject.org>
Date:   Thu Sep 7 13:01:02 2017 +0200

    Bug 23403: Use tor-browser-build/tmp rather than /tmp as default tmp_dir
---
 README.BUILD_ERRORS    | 16 ----------------
 rbm.conf               |  1 +
 rbm.local.conf.example |  6 ++++--
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.BUILD_ERRORS b/README.BUILD_ERRORS
index 6be4319..0562f93 100644
--- a/README.BUILD_ERRORS
+++ b/README.BUILD_ERRORS
@@ -28,19 +28,3 @@ nopat
 $ qvm-pref --set [vmname] kernelopts 'nopat vsyscall=emulate'
 ----
 
-
-tmp partition is full
----------------------
-
-If your /tmp partition is small, you will get a 'No space left on device'
-error during the build. To select an other directory with more space
-available to store temporary files, you can define the TMPDIR environment
-variable:
-
-----
-$ mkdir /home/user/tmp
-$ export TMPDIR=/home/user/tmp
-----
-
-You can also define the tmp_dir option in the rbm.local.conf file.
-
diff --git a/rbm.conf b/rbm.conf
index e131c36..a93df7f 100644
--- a/rbm.conf
+++ b/rbm.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 debug: '[% GET ! ENV.RBM_NO_DEBUG %]'
 compress_tar: gz
 output_dir: "out/[% project %]"
+tmp_dir: '[% c("basedir") %]/tmp'
 build_log: '[% GET ENV.RBM_LOGS_DIR ? ENV.RBM_LOGS_DIR : "logs" %]/[% project %]-[% c("var/osname") %].log'
 
 pkg_type: build
diff --git a/rbm.local.conf.example b/rbm.local.conf.example
index 62d13b2..a6401a9 100644
--- a/rbm.local.conf.example
+++ b/rbm.local.conf.example
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 ### options you want to modify.
 
 
-### The tmp_dir option defines where temporary files are stored.
-### You should modify this if your /tmp partition is small.
+### The tmp_dir option defines where temporary files are stored. The
+### builds are made from this directory, so using a directory on a fast
+### disk can improve build time. By default we are using a tmp directory
+### under the tor-browser-build directory.
 #tmp_dir: /tmp
 
 ### The debug option defines whether a debugging shell should be opened