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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: bug#37161: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=98guix?= pack -f
 =?UTF-8?Q?docker=E2=80=99?= creates an image without /tmp
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:12:19 +0200
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> One can work around it by asking Docker to create /tmp:
>
>   docker run --tmpfs /tmp =E2=80=A6
>
> However, it seems easier to just create /tmp upfront in the image.

If /tmp exists in the image can a user still overwrite it to either map
an outside directory to /tmp in the container or to use a tmpfs?  If
this is still possible, I agree that /tmp should exist in the generated
image =E2=80=93 even if it=E2=80=99s just a plain mount point.

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Ricardo