rpm-tmp.XXXXXX files in /var/tmp/

[nuqleo]

dnf5 leaves a lot files rpm-tmp.XXXXXX files in /var/tmp/ after transactions

[root@rawhide ~]# ls -la /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.*
-rw------- 1 root root  150 сен  1 12:33 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.02NJZ0
-rw------- 1 root root  254 сен 12 17:23 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.04urC0
-rw------- 1 root root   38 авг 27 12:39 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.06y9DG
-rw------- 1 root root   48 сен 18 01:18 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.0JdhCb
-rw------- 1 root root   49 авг 16 13:11 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.0NmhSA
-rw------- 1 root root  208 авг 18 20:41 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.0PqgyJ
-rw------- 1 root root   43 авг 28 12:34 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.0uI3rY
-rw------- 1 root root   59 авг 17 16:45 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.0xhzH0
-rw------- 1 root root   48 авг 25 16:11 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.10zQbM
-rw------- 1 root root   78 сен  1 12:33 /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.19e0D7
...

[root@rawhide ~]# rpm -q dnf5
dnf5-5.1.2-1.fc40.x86_64

[jrohel]

These helper files are created by librpm. And librpm does not delete them if the librpm log mask contains RPMLOG_DEBUG.

[nuqleo]

Fixed in dnf5-5.1.5