On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 03:01:04PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2025 at 01:08:08PM -0000, Greg wrote: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.html > > […] > > > The new filesystem defaults can also be overridden in /etc/fstab, so > > systems that already define a separate /tmp partition will be > > unaffected. > > It's interesting that in this particular case the OP is saying that > their system was set up to mount /tmp from a disk partition in the > fstab, and that the fstab has been edited by the upgrade process to > remove that entry. This also seemed strange to me (see upthread). > I haven't personally experienced it and I doubt many people have since > tmpfs for /tmp has been recommended for many years. Everything OP has > posted so far bears out their claim. > > If repeatable, that would seem to be a mistake in the release notes. Or > a bug in the upgrade process, if one feels strongly that the /tmp fstab > entry should be preserved. I'd think this to be a bug in the upgrade process, unless it asks the user loudly. > Does someone feel like installing bookworm, setting an explicit /tmp > mount and then doing a dist-upgrade to check it? Someone here probably > does have the time and desire to settle the matter. 😀 Alas, not enough machines around here, and my virtualisation story is still incomplete. Getting there... Cheers -- t
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