94905 – setting to wipe /tmp on boot

Bug 94905 - setting to wipe /tmp on boot

Summary: setting to wipe /tmp on boot

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 56592

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] baselayout (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Other

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Depends on:	56592
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Description rob holland (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-03 03:13:31 UTC

hi, can we have an rc that causes bootmisc to just delete everything in /tmp on boot please?

"cleaner" than a local.start hack ;)

Comment 1 Radek Podgorny 2005-06-03 05:15:38 UTC

I think /var may be cleaned as well. At least some of its subdirs like /var/tmp
or so...

Comment 2 rob holland (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-03 05:32:50 UTC

er, no :) /var/tmp/ shouldn't be wiped on a reboot. Thats the point of it.

Comment 3 rob holland (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-06-03 05:44:55 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 56592 ***