[Pkg-systemd-maintainers] Bug#718906: Bug#718906: systemd 204 mounts /tmp as tmpfs by default

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Tue Aug 6 22:12:31 BST 2013


Am 06.08.2013 23:08, schrieb Michael Biebl:
> Am 06.08.2013 22:00, schrieb Michael Stapelberg:
>> Package: systemd
>> Version: 204-2
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> I noticed that /tmp gets exhausted on codesearch.debian.net due to
>> systemd 204 mounting /tmp as tmpfs by default, which is because of the
>> file /lib/systemd/system/tmp.mount.
>>
>> Personally, I don’t mind /tmp being a tmpfs mount and have that setup on
>> most of my machines, but I feel that we should at least:
>>
>> 1) Mention this fact in debian/NEWS.Debian
>> 2) Explain to users how to disable mounting /tmp as a tmpfs. I suppose
>>    referring to
>>    http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/APIFileSystems/ is
>>    good enough for now.
> 
> /tmp is not an API fs, fwiw, it's a regular mount unit.
> See my previous email.

Ok, I stand corrected. /tmp is actually listed at that wiki page.
That said, having a [Install] section so the tmp.mount unit can be
enabled/disabled is imho nice than having to mask that unit.

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