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]

[Richard Lewis]

Sven Mueller <sven at incase.de> writes:

> Am 07.05.2024 22:56 schrieb Richard Lewis
> <richard.lewis.debian at googlemail.com>:
>
>     Luca Boccassi <bluca at debian.org> writes:
>    
>     > qwhat would
>     > break where, and how to fix it?
>    
>     Another one for you to investigate: I believe apt
>     source and 'apt-get
>     source' download and extract things into /tmp, as in
>     the mmdebootstap
>     example mentioned by someone else, this will create
>     "old" files that
>     could immediately be flagged for deletion causing
>     surprises.
>
> `apt download` and `apt source` download to your current
> working directory. Same for apt-get.
>
>     (People restoring from backups might also find this
>     an issue)
>
> I would not expect people to restore to /tmp and
> expecting that restore to work across a reboot.

Yes but this duscussion is about a change to make files disappear after
10 days despite no reboot.