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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: any way to completely disable Emacs eln-cache
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On 2024-07-12 21:26, Lew Pitcher wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 21:12:05 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2024-07-07 12:17, marrgol wrote:
>>> On 2024-07-07 at 04:10 Carlos E. R. wrote:
>>>> openSUSE is using hard disk for /tmp, and has currently no working
>>>> periodical job to clean it.
>>>
>>> Yes it does, and it's even enabled by default, it just has to be tuned up
>>> to your/sysadmin's liking.  On my system (v15.4):
>>>
>>> # systemctl list-timers | grep tmp
>>> Mon 2024-07-08 05:38:18 CEST 17h left      Fri 2024-07-05 12:10:56 CEST 1
>>> day 23h ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
>>>
>>> see man systemd-tmpfiles, tmpfiles.d for details.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Doesn't work.
> 
> Be careful; systemd-tmpfiles has been in the news recently,
> (see https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/20/systemd_2561_data_wipe_fix/ )
> because it can delete your home directory.
> 
> Specifically, with respect to systemd v256, The Register warns:
>    "If you invoke the systemd-tmpfiles --purge command without specifying
>     that very important config file which tells it which files to handle,
>     version 256 will merrily purge your entire home directory."
> 
> Apparently, systemd v256.1 makes some acknowledgement of this behaviour by
> documenting it in the systemd help files.
> 
> Stay safe out there.

Ouch. Thanks for the warning.

I played with it years ago, and decided it did not work. I haven't 
touched it again.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.