In <news:[email protected]>,
NoOp <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 12/26/2014 02:30 PM, »Q« wrote:
> > In <news:[email protected]>,
> > NoOp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> >> Follow-up: looks like someone already opened a bug report & it got
> >> the wishy-washy "RESOLVED WORKSFORME" (aka 'Don't Know, Don't Care)
> >> treatment:
> >> 
> >> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686237>
> >> (places.sqlite-wal and places.sqlite-shm not removed on exit)
> >> 
> >> I reckon it's worth reopening (notice comment #2)...
> > 
> > c2 is an issue with using different SeaMonkeys on different OSes
> > with a single profile directory.  AFAIK, that's a use case that's
> > never been supported, and I'd expect any bug filed about it would
> > be marked INVALID or WONTFIX.  For anyone sharing a profile across
> > multiple OSes, vacuuming the database before each use should
> > eliminate the issue.
> 
> Regardless of whether the OP is sharing across multiple OS's,
> places.sqlite should close it's temp files on shutdown. 

According to <https://www.sqlite.org/wal.html>, they're
"quasi-persistent", not temporary, files.  I don't see any reason on
the face of it that they should be deleted when SeaMonkey closes.

> No other *.sqlite db's in SeaMonkey exhibit this issue (that I'm
> aware of). Re vacuuming... how many users do you reckon actually know
> how to do this, or 'Compact Database'?

I reckon it's about the same as the number who actually need to know how
to do it.
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