Re:Debian's /tmpest in a teapot
by chuckadams on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @05:42PM
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You can already change the configuration in the installer, it's called manual partition setup. The installer doesn't need a clicky screen for every setting that may have changed over the last 30 years.
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So if I do the manual partition setup it's not going to run the daemon that automatically deletes files off those partitions during runtime for me? It sounded from the article like this change is more comprehensive than just the partition.
Re:Debian's /tmpest in a teapot
by chuckadams on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @06:52PM
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I doubt it'll change the auto-cleanup. It probably is configurable with dpkg-reconfigure, or maybe it's just a service that needs to be disabled. Post-installation configuration is still a thing, and it changes every version. That's what versions are for.
It’s a systemd service: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/tmpf...
You will have to disable it separately. From the article:
“To stop periodic cleanups of /tmp and /var/tmp users can run touch /etc/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf.”