Initially the bug report was shot down by systemd developer Luca Boccassi of Microsoft with:
So an option that is literally documented as saying “all files and directories created by a tmpfiles.d/ entry will be deleted”, that you knew nothing about, sounded like a “good idea”? Did you even go and look what tmpfiles.d entries you had beforehand?
Maybe don’t just run random commands that you know nothing about, while ignoring what the documentation tells you? Just a thought eh"
Good devs, good product, I’m really excited about out shitty, shitty future.
Oof, that quote is the exact brand of nerd bullshit that makes my blood boil. “Sure, it’s horribly designed, complicated, hard to understand, unnecessarily dangerous, and extremely misleading, but it’s your fault for nOT rEAdiNg ThE dOCUmeNtATiON”
A command that basically reads “purge tempfiles” should absolutely never purge anything but temporary files. I understand the context of it being called that, but if
systemd-tmpfilesis literally responsible for creating the user’s home folder, it might be a good idea to rename it.