/etc/X11/Xsession puts the session's log file in /tmp thus filling up the phone's memory

[stuart56]

/etc/X11/Xsession contains

ERRFILE=$HOME/.xsession-errors

# attempt to create an error file; abort if we cannot
if (umask 077 && touch "$ERRFILE") 2> /dev/null && [ -w "$ERRFILE" ] &&

[ ! -L "$ERRFILE" ]; then
chmod 600 "$ERRFILE"

elif ERRFILE=$(tempfile 2> /dev/null); then

if ! ln -sf "$ERRFILE" "${TMPDIR:=/tmp}/xsession-$USER"; then

message "warning: unable to symlink \"$TMPDIR/xsession-$USER\" to" \

"\"$ERRFILE\"; look for session log/errors in" \
"\"$TMPDIR/xsession-$USER\"."

fi

else

errormsg "unable to create X session log/error file; aborting."

fi

exec >>"$ERRFILE" 2>&1

if $HOME/.xsession-errors is a symlink, the log messages gradually fill up the phone's memory. Many people have ~/.xsession-errors as a symlink to /dev/null (they do not want log messages) and in this case current code then puts the message in /tmp.

One solution would be to say: put the logs in ~/.xsession-errors if it exists or is a symlink, otherwise put the messages in /dev/null