TMPTIME is not honoured

Bug #1732489 reported by Ken Sharp
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systemd (Debian)
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systemd (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

TMPTIME is incorrectly migrated on an upgrade from Trusty to Xenial.

tmp.conf uses D where it should be d. This also has the effect of wiping /tmp no matter what.

This is fixed in Debian.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=795269

This could result in data loss, although storing non-volatile files in /tmp is madness.

Tags: xenial
Changed in systemd (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :

I fear, I agree with debian bug report, the ship has sailed to get this migration right =/

Changed in systemd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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