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bjourne on Oct 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Against /tmp

Shouldn't XDG_CACHE_DIR handle most use cases for /tmp? I can't see any reasons why we need to keep /tmp around since we have so many better options for ipc and for storing ephemeral data.

remram on Oct 23, 2024 [–]

and XDG_RUNTIME_DIR for sockets and such. Typically set to /run/user/<id>/

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