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I notice that Sama builds with Samba 4.0.x now use WAFCACHE to store temporary files in the build process. Caching these files is fine, but what clears them out? I've been working in test environments where WAFCACHE was set to "/tmp/wafcache", such as building Fedora RPM's for testing, and eventually ran my filesystem out of inodes becaus...

...inside the "mock" tools for building SRPM's which create and use "chroot" environments and don't use "tmpfs" at all. But it's a booby trap for anyone unsuspecting of the issue: The Samba RPM's will fail to build because /tmp overflows with all the /tmp/wafcache debris overwhelming it. I don't have a best solution for this yet, I just wanted to let the mailing list know they might get a surprise if they try to build RPM's for Samba on Fedora 18. Nico Kadel-Garcia

...unexpected locations under Fedora. I also discovered something nasty: when testing out and recompiling this material in various iterations, the "/tmp/wafgrade tends to get..... clutered. This is problematic if you've not allocated a lot of space on / I'd like to actually suggest that WAFCACHE be set to be in the build directory, not over in /tmp, and that it be cleared as part of starting any new compilation to avoid conflicts with other projects. Any thoughts are welcome. The first time I d id a Samba port was way, way back with SunOS 4.1.2....