On Saturday, November 19, 2011 05:40:03 PM Melchior FRANZ wrote:
On Saturday 19 November 2011 13:11:43 Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
Maybe the user has the "tmpwatch" package installed.. ? that's gonna delete files in /var/tmp if they are older than 30 days.
No, he hasn't.
In case someone hasn't understood yet: I'm not disputing whether it's a good idea to clean out /var/tmp/ -- it possibly is --, what annoys me is a sudden change in behaviour that kills data without warning, even if they might have been in the wrong place (which isn't such a clear case). But I accept that this isn't default in 12.1 and must come from somewhere else.
I also have my ~/tmp/ since years. Still, I considered stuff in /var/tmp/ to be maintained by the applications which put it there. And if $USER put stuff in /var/tmp/$USER/ then I assumed that it would be $USER's responsibility to clean it, whenever s/he feels like it. Temporary doesn't necessarily mean "short-lived". If data is important enough that it should survive rebooting, then it shouldn't be treated as trash by the system.
m. Were there any release notes related to the changes in tmp etc? I was surprised myself when I opened up the partitioner and sa a bunch of TMPFS I had never seen before, only one of which I could recognize as being something systemd probably needed. -- Roger Luedecke openSUSE Ambassador Ind. Repairs and Consulting **Looking for a C++ etc. mentor*** -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org