Bug#1109730: /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf: add information why this file is created

Michael Biebl biebl at debian.org
Tue Jul 22 16:57:09 BST 2025


Package: systemd
Version: 257.7-1
Severity: wishlist

Looking at /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf, it is pretty bare bones:

$ cat /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf
D /tmp 1777 root root 10d
q /var/tmp 1777 root root 30d


It also can't be attributed to any package
$ dpkg -S /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf
dpkg-query: no path found matching pattern /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf


Further investigation shows, this file is created by systemd.postinst on
upgrades.

It would be a good idea, if the file contained this information:
- which package created it
- why it was created
- if it's safe to be removed


Michael



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