[Pkg-sysvinit-devel] Bug#385050: initscripts: TMPTIME cleanup doesn't work in /tmp

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf]

On Thursday 12 October 2006 18:43, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote:
> As you have noticed, the atime is updated when a file is read.  The
> reason this time stamp is used is the assumtion that files in use are
> files being read, and files in use should not be cleaned out of /tmp/.
> I believ this assumtion is sane, and do not plan to change the cleanup
> algorithm.

This cleanup algorithm suits for a server setup where gui installations are 
rare.

But lot many people use Debian on their desktops/laptops and I guess they 
would be using gui tools to navigate through the filesystem. We should 
consider those systems/users too.

Probably removing the atime option should fix the issue for a gui 
user/machine.

What do you say ??

Thanks,
Ritesh
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