Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote: >> It might be nice if we cleared them away at boot time. These temp >> files seem to cause the most problem when they are left over from >> before the machine was started. >> > ... but disagree with this one. It suspiciously sounds like a popular > desktop operating system where you have to reboot if something goes > wrong. Rebooting a sunray server is not something sysadmins will > want to do. It should Just Work[tm]. We probably need to fix GConf, > ORBit2, whatever else that leaks files or sockets. >
Agreed. *And* either temp files belong on a tmpfs like /tmp or software must have some way of determining whether they are left over from a now-defunct session (such as a name that reflects the $DISPLAY). Because sometimes systems will go down ungracefully, and the bits left on disk must not prevent software from restarting correctly. It shouldn't be that hard... -Bob
