Subject: Why is P_tmpdir "/var/tmp" and not "/tmp"?
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Andreas Florath <a.florath@stochastik.rwth-aachen.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/17/1995 15:33:19 
	Hello, NetBSDys!

	Today I compiled the gcc-2.6.3 on my NetBSD box.  I was
surprised that it stores the temporary files in /var/tmp (a "normal"
disk partition) and not in the (fast) /tmp.  gcc uses the P_tmpdir if
it's defined; and P_tmpdir is defined in /usr/include/stdio.h as
"/var/tmp".

	Can anyone tell me why P_tmpdir is defines as "/var/tmp" and
not as "/tmp"?

	Andre