When tmpfs is created - it is expected that on boot user will not see "Cleaning /tmp directory"

[vitaly-zdanevich]

Related file https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/blob/master/init.d/bootmisc.in

Related documentation https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Tmpfs

So, as I see it - OpenRC should check for an active tmpfs or have an option to set a flag to disable cleaning/wiping and logging it.

[thesamesam]

In #gentoo, Alfr made a good observation:

If you want to check mtab or fstab, then parsing one of those files will be way slower than empyting an already empty /tmp, as the latter only involves listing an empty directory.

[navi-desu]

tbh the more i think about this, i feel like it's not worth it

parsing mount or one of the *tab files would be slower than running find or rm on an empty dir, and an rc_conf option would end up basically just being a "silence the Cleaning /tmp dir message"

i'll wait for more input ig but that's where i'm at

[vitaly-zdanevich]

ok, maybe not automatic - but what about some config file - where user can disable /tmp wiping and that log line?