[desktop-discuss] jds session post mortem remains in /var/tmp

[Bob Doolittle]

Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:
>> It might be nice if we cleared them away at boot time.  These temp
>> files seem to cause the most problem when they are left over from
>> before the machine was started.
>>     
> ... but disagree with this one.  It suspiciously sounds like a popular
> desktop operating system where you have to reboot if something goes
> wrong.  Rebooting a sunray server is not something sysadmins will
> want to do.  It should Just Work[tm].  We probably need to fix GConf,
> ORBit2, whatever else that leaks files or sockets.
>   

Agreed.  *And* either temp files belong on a tmpfs like /tmp or software 
must
have some way of determining whether they are left over from a now-defunct
session (such as a name that reflects the $DISPLAY).

Because sometimes systems will go down ungracefully, and the bits left on
disk must not prevent software from restarting correctly.  It shouldn't 
be that
hard...

-Bob