Article 6N8KD [$] Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

[$] Debian's /tmpest in a teapot

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Debian had a major discussionabout mounting /tmp as a RAM-based tmpfs in 2012 but inertiawon out in the end. Debian systems have continued tostore temporary files on disk by default. Until now. A mere 12 years later, the project will be switching to a RAM-based /tmp in the Debian13 ("Trixie") release. Additionally, starting with Trixie, thedefault will be to periodically clean up temporary files automatically in/tmp and /var/tmp. Naturally, it involved a lengthy discussion first.

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