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Hello, |
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I joined this mailinglist because of my concern pointed in: |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206604 |
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How stupid anyone could be that stores anything in /tmp. I think it is a |
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problem to change the default behavior of a system that in essence will |
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result in data loss. |
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As pointed out by others you should not use /tmp to store data, my |
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return question is then, why are the other ./tmp directories not wiped? |
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If any ./tmp on a partition was 'kernel' governed I could agree that a |
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semi-ramdisk would be gone upon reboot, or after an application was done |
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running. But it is not. |
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In any case my request would be to put a message with bells and beeps in |
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the ebuild that cause the /etc/conf.d/bootmisc change announcing that by |
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then the default option for /tmp is deletion on boot. To be consistent, |
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also delete /var/tmp. If anyone thinks wiping /var/tmp is evil, please |
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reconsider /tmp too. In my opinion WIPE_TMP should be in the same state |
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as RC_PARALLEL_STARTUP. Unless anyone can make sure a user knows what he |
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is doing, disable it. |
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Yours Sincerely, |
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Stefan de Konink |
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ps. No I did not have data loss, like any good admin I read before I |
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apply. And yes I prefer to store anything that will not cause harm, such |
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as extracted sources for gdb use in /tmp. |
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