GNU bug report logs - #52919
Hidden "disk-image-rw" files aren't deleted after use, filling $tmpdir

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, 52919 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52919: Hidden "disk-image-rw" files aren't deleted after use, filling $tmpdir
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 12:26:48 -0500

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 09:17:53AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> As for the image backing storage, using ~/.cache/guix/images (with non
> dot-prefixed file names) sounds cleaner and safer to me (no risk of /tmp
> race or whatever).

I wonder if there are any other tools in Guix that tend to create
multi-gigabyte files in "$HOME"? It might be a bit surprising, but maybe
not a big deal.

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