Just to clarify: What do you call "an enormous amount"? Do you perhaps run into an issue where the /var/tmp/ directories are not cleaned up during shutdown? There shoul be one directory for each service that declares PrivateTmp, i. e . a handful. Can you please ls /var/tmp/ ?
The upstream issue is not about leaked directories after shutdown, but just about the cosmetical issue where to put them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1479732 Title: systemd causes mess in /var/tmp Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: There's enormous amount of directories like systemd-private- fdd28b0bfe4c47808e41dbb7a0300bdc-colord.service-vrglD7 in /var/tmp It's clear why they are necessary but it's still looks irritating and is magnified (compared to /tmp for example) by the fact that /var/tmp is not cleaned up (and of course it shouldn't be) on every reboot. The solution is trivial and already employed by lots of services for /tmp - just prepend . to the folder name so it's hidden from user's file manager. Would be excellent if ubuntu could apply this to systemd as well: the lesser is chance for user confusion (those directories are unaccessible to the user anyway so there's little sense in showing them) - the better. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1479732/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
