[huntaub]

> * The bloody .nfs000000 files. I think this might be fixed by NFSv4 but it seems like nobody actually uses that. (Not helped by the fact that CentOS 7 is considered "modern" to EDA people.)

Unfortunately, NFSv4 also has the silly rename semantics...

[jabl]

AFAIU the NFSv4 protocol in principle allows implementing unlinking an open file without silly rename, but the Linux client still does the silly rename dance.