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# `symlink-target-in-tmp`

Packages must not set links with targets pointing into `/tmp` or `/var/tmp`. The File Hierarchy Standard specifies that such files may be removed by the administrator and that programs may not depend on any files in `/tmp` being preserved across invocations, which combined mean that it makes no sense to ship files in these directories.

Severity: | `error`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- /tmp : Temporary files (Section 3.18) in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

- /var/tmp : Temporary files preserved between system reboots (Section 5.15) in the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

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