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]
On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 11:33, Barak A. Pearlmutter <bap@debian.org> wrote:
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> > We have two separate issues here:
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> > a/ /tmp-on-tmpfs
> > b/ time based clean-up of /tmp and /var/tmp
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> > I think it makes sense to discuss/handle those separately.
>
> Agreed.
>
> I also don't see any issue with a/, at worst people will be annoyed
> with it for some reason and can then change it back.
>
> > Regarding b/: ...
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> > The tmpfiles rule tmp.conf as shipped by systemd upstream ...
> > Files that are older then 10 days or 30 days are automatically cleaned up.
>
> This seems like a rather dangerous thing to spring on people.
>
> First of all, time can be pretty fluid on user machines.
Then upon reading the release notes, on such a machine, one can simply do:
touch /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf
And they get no automated cleanups. This stuff is designed to be
trivially overridable, both by end-users and image builders. What I am
looking for is, what packages need bugs/MRs filed to deal with this
change, if any.
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