Re: [G2R] Re: Various releases ...

[Dan Kegel <dank kegel com>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> Michael Meeks <michael@ximian.com> writes:
> >       The problem is this: that we bind Unix Domain Sockets, that create
> > /tmp/orbit-foo/linc-fa239876ad78fb type 'files' in /tmp/orbit-foo, and
> > that they need cleaning up on program exit.
> 
> What are the consequences of leaving the old files around?

Users like me get annoyed :-)

IMHO a combination of an unreliable-but-easy atexit() cleanup
plus a periodic sweep (perhaps on login) would be fine.  The
platform-specific-shared-library-exit-function idea is great, too,
where available.
- Dan