Description of problem: Empty directories /var/tmp/systemd-private-* accumulate across "shutdown -h now". Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): systemd-194-1.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. shutdown -h now 2. boot 3. look in /var/tmp Actual results: Another empty directory named /var/tmp/systemd-private-*. For instance: ----- # cd /var/tmp; ls -lt drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 17 16:05 systemd-private-XOTrD3 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 16:05 systemd-private-baSL7o drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 17 16:05 systemd-private-62JXdj drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 16:05 systemd-private-vErIEB drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 17 15:52 systemd-private-NEddu8 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 15:52 systemd-private-RJY5yC drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 17 15:52 systemd-private-FqPzxz drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 15:52 systemd-private-eVah9n drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 17 12:39 systemd-private-B806k7 drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 17 12:39 systemd-private-LhDTjA drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 12:39 systemd-private-XYs3eJ drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 17 12:39 systemd-private-ibROfw drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 16 19:00 systemd-private-132B4V drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 16 19:00 systemd-private-LnNyqq drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 16 19:00 systemd-private-RONuWM drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 16 19:00 systemd-private-8X479o drwxrwxrwt. 2 root colord 4096 Oct 16 15:31 systemd-private-0ZqvYa drwxrwxrwt. 2 root root 4096 Oct 16 15:31 systemd-private-bldgON # ----- Expected results: Empty directories systemd-private-* do not accumulate in /var/tmp. Additional info:
Like any other files and directories they are removed by the tmpfiles file cleanup-logic for /tmp. So what am I missing here?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 801943 ***