Re: Re: Make /tmp/ a tmpfs and cleanup /var/tmp/ on a timer by default [was: Re: systemd: tmpfiles.d not cleaning /var/tmp by default]
Barak A. Pearlmutter, le lun. 06 mai 2024 11:15:35 +0100, a ecrit:
> To me, the purpose of /var/tmp/ when I have my "user" hat on is: a
> place to put files I don't want backed up, particularly large ones,
> and which if I run out of disk space is a place to look for stuff to
> delete. it's not "a place to put files that the system might
> capriciously delete just because."
Definite +1 on this.
My /var/tmp has various "I want to get rid of this at some point"
temporary stuff, and I would be quite annoyed if it would disappear
unexpectedly.
> One compromise would be to enable the /var/tmp/ reaper by default only
> on new installations.
At the very least, yes.
Samuel
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