[systemd-devel] [PATCH] Move /tmp and /var/tmp to a separate tmpfiles.d file to ease overrides via /etc

[Josh Triplett]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:39:38PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Sat, 06.08.11 15:48, Josh Triplett (josh at joshtriplett.org) wrote:
> 
> > Many people prefer to avoid clearing /tmp and /var/tmp, and
> > distributions often have explicit settings for how often to clear them
> > if at all.  Overriding those with systemd currently requires overriding
> > all of /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf via
> > /etc/tmpfiles.d/systemd.conf, copying across all the other entries, and
> > updating that override when systemd.conf changes.
> > 
> > Move the /tmp and /var/tmp entries from systemd.conf to a separate
> > tmp.conf, making them easier to override without affecting the rest of
> > systemd.conf.
> 
> Applied. Thanks!

Excellent, thank you!

- Josh Triplett