Bug#355436: [Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#355436: Cleaning /tmp should be optional

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

clone 355436 -1
severity 355436 whishlist
retitle -1 bootclean.sh overwritten on upgrade
thanks

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006, David Murn wrote:
> time.  As such, I edited my bootclean.sh script, and commented out all  
[...]
> Part of this update, overwrote my modified script, then proceeded to  

This is a separate bug, I have cloned and retitled the report to track the
two issues separately.

> of data.  Now, while I can understand in a pristine environment, for users  
> who dont understand what they're doing, keeping /tmp clean, is a good  

AFAIK, Unix definition of /tmp is that it lasts only for the current
session. This is why Solaris mounts it as (the equivalent of a) tmpfs, which
is not disk-backed.  /var/tmp is the one supposed to survive across reboots
(in fact, I also have it as tmpfs in my machines).

As for overwriting the script, if it was done *without* asking you first,
then we have a grave bug somewhere.

> Ive got 2 points to raise on this issue.  Firstly, a new init script  

Raise one issue per bug report. I am fixing this manually, please direct
comments about the optional cleaning to bug #355436, and about the
overwritting of bootclean.sh to the new bug # that will be generated by the
system when the "clone" command is processed.

> should never be installed without first checking if the previous script  
> has been modified.  Apt did try to modify several scripts (most of which I  

That's how it is supposed to happen, yes.

> While I can understand the reasoning behind it, the mere fact that a  
> debian script can blindly delete an entire directory is incredibly scary  
> to me, as a user.  Although it meets the criteria for a 'grave' bug  

As I said, /tmp is off-limits for persistent data.

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  Henrique Holschuh