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Because build scripts try to download more files there than fit in RAM.

• shadowgovt 2y ago
  Configuring the whole system to account for the needs of software installation is optimizing for the corner case.
  • yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
    I really don't think installing software is an edge case. On Linux distros, I don't even think compiling software is an edge case.
    • shadowgovt 2y ago
      It's something the average non-developer does less than once per day, at most. (And the average developer has enough savvy to change settings). ... also, most of the compilation tools I use end up dropping their intermediary files in a peer directory to the source tree or a build directory at the root of the project, not in /tmp. I'm not sure what tools people are using that are leaving compilation intermediates in /tmp.