Bug#688412: configuration error?

[Dmitry Bogatov]

[2019-07-16 17:23] Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar at fantomas.sk>
> >On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> >> IIRC people using systemd were advised to use fstab to manipulate /tmp
> >> mount options.
>
> On 16.07.19 17:18, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> >Yes, but systemd does not use /etc/default/tmpfs, so…
>
> ...which is exactly why I found it strange to have /tmp in fstab and yet
> expect using /etc/default/tmpfs.
>
> in case of /tmp in fstab, options should be in fstab too.

Maybe I am missing some context, but /etc/default/tmpfs provides feature
(not always working, as proved by current bug) to set size by percentage
of available RAM. This is not supported by mount(8).

Whether such feature warranted its complexity is good question, but now
people rely on it. I think so.
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