Bug#966621: Make /tmp/ a tmpfs and cleanup /var/tmp/ on a timer by default [was: Re: systemd: tmpfiles.d not cleaning /var/tmp by default]

[Luca Boccassi]

On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 23:03, Richard Lewis
<richard.lewis.debian at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org> writes:
>
> > Hence, I am not really looking for philosophical discussions or lists
> > of personal preferences or hypotheticals, but for facts: what would
> > break where, and how to fix it?
>
> - tmux stores sockets in /tmp/tmux-$UID
> - I think screen might use /tmp/screens
>
> I suppose if you detached for a long time you might find yourself unable
> to reattach.
>
> I think you can change the location of these.

And those are useful only as long as screen/tmux are still running,
right (I don't really use either that much)? If so, a flock is the
right solution for these