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Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 10:58:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh>
Message-Id: <199705161758.KAA10864@hub.freebsd.org>
To: tejblum@arc.hq.cti.ru, jkh, freebsd-bugs
Subject: Re: conf/3605
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Synopsis: New /etc/rc not clearing /tmp

State-Changed-From-To: open-closed
State-Changed-By: jkh
State-Changed-When: Fri May 16 10:50:23 PDT 1997
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This is not a bug, this is a feature.

Yes, I'm also aware of issues like xdm leaving cacas around in /tmp
and refusing to start again if you terminate it abruptly, but
that's a bug in xdm which should be fixed there (it should check
to see if it's actually still running before heeding the lock file).

Clearing /tmp is evil and causes more problems than it solves - it's
been disabled on many of our machines since the very beginning and
should not be resurrected.