#   (Actually, that [using MFS instead of -pipe] won't really work, because, 
#   for some INCREDIBLY
#   BONE-HEADED REASON, gcc puts its temporary files in /var/tmp...
#   However, other things i've proposed, e.g. my /etc/mk.conf PR, would
#   allow you to easily add -pipe to your system compiler flags, if you
#   want it...)

I believe that reason is that /var on most sane systems% has more space
into which to shove those temporary files than does /tmp, even if /tmp
happens to be its own filesystem.

#
#
#   cgd

% Your definition of "sane" may vary; I usually allocate /tmp as MFS
  myself, and /var is usually 24M or more for a typical machine, and
  obviously much, much more if I'm setting up a central mailbox or a
  news server.  I realise that many people may not have this kind of
  disk space just "sitting around", and disk isn't free, but, hey...

				--*greywolf;
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