Debian bug report logs - #1077
/etc/init.d/boot cleanup questioned

Package: (base); Reported by: Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>; 117 days old.
Bug reassigned from package `0.93R6' to `(base)'. Request was from imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) to debian-bugs-request@pixar.com. Full text available.

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PACKAGE:  0.93R6

I note that /tmp/[0-9]* are not cleaned up.
It's fairly common for files named after a pid to be placed in
/tmp.  Shouldn't these be cleaned up?

I also note that /var/lock isn't cleaned up.  Shouldn't it be?

mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com (Bill Mitchell)



Acknowledgement sent to Bill Mitchell <mitchell@mdd.comm.mot.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available.
Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com:
Bug#1077; Package 0.93R6. Full text available.
Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk, with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism
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