Bug#966621: systemd: tmpfiles.d not cleaning /var/tmp by default

[Michael Biebl]

Hi Eric

On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 15:12:48 +0000 Eric Desrochers
<eric.desrochers at canonical.com> wrote:
> Package: systemd
> Version: 245.7-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Debian systemd implementation does not clean
> /var/tmp by default.
> 
> * quilt patch:
> d/p/debian/Bring-tmpfiles.d-tmp.conf-in-line-with-Debian-defaul.patch
> 
> * systemd-245.7/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf:
> #q /var/tmp 1777 root root 30d
> 
> The patch exist in Debian since 2012.
> 
> The topic has been discussed and a few suggestion has been put on the
> table in the following Ubuntu bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/1870585
> 
> I fill this bug today to start a conversation.

I'm all in favour of removing Debian specific patches. That said, since this
changes the semantics of /var/tmp it might have the potential to effect
existing software.

Do you think this should be discussed on debian-devel to get some wider
feedback?

I'm unsure how to proceed from here and what to do about this bug report.

Michael
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