Set TMPDIR to an app-local temp directory to not exaust /run#103
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Set TMPDIR to an app-local temp directory to not exaust /run#103Summertime wants to merge 1 commit intoflathub:masterfrom
/run#103Summertime wants to merge 1 commit intoflathub:masterfrom
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See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/issues/1105 for more context. By using the GLib default of `/tmp`, Boxes will write to the host directory `/run/user/$USER/app/org.gnome.Boxes`, which, when downloading large enough images, will completely fill the tmpfs and partially hose the system. Telling GLib to use `/var/tmp`, this will be redirected by flatpak to the host directory `~/.var/app/org.gnome.Boxes/cache`. For something that may be XX GB in size, this seems to be a safer choice.
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Started test build 177857 |
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| "--talk-name=ca.desrt.dconf", | ||
| "--env=DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf" | ||
| "--env=DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf", | ||
| "--env=TMPDIR=/var/tmp" |
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This is wrong, you don't want to override the tmpdir always, but rather the application should download the files in /var/tmp rather than /tmp
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Sorry I didn't address this earlier. I have now posted a merge-request https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/merge_requests/690 I can get this in 49.1. |
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See https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/-/issues/1105 for more context.
By using the GLib default of
/tmp, Boxes will write to the host directory/run/user/$USER/app/org.gnome.Boxes, which, when downloading large enough images, will completely fill the tmpfs and partially hose the system.Telling GLib to use
/var/tmp, this will be redirected by flatpak to the host directory~/.var/app/org.gnome.Boxes/cache. For something that may be XX GB in size, this seems to be a safer choice.I've only tested with Flatseal to make the env change.