Re: 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]

From	Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.devel, linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Re: 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]
Date	2024-05-18 00:50 +0200
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> > what would break where, and how to fix it? I only found autopkgtest
> so
> > far, which uses /tmp/ in the guest and expects it to survive across
> > reboots, and I have a MR up already for that. Anything else?
> 
> Perhaps whatever makes these files in /tmp? i think something to do
> with
> X/gdm/gnome?
> 
> /tmp/.X0-lock
> /tmp/.X1024-lock
> /tmp/.X1025-lock
> 
> /tmp/.X11-unix
> /tmp/.X1-lock
> 
> /tmp/.XIM-unix
> 
> /tmp/.font-unix
> 
> /tmp/.ICE-unix

These are all already covered by /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/x11.conf

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi

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Re: 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] Luca Boccassi <bluca@debian.org> - 2024-05-18 00:50 +0200

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