Ian Zimmerman wrote on 21/6/20 2:25 am:
> This is a Debian question, but I don't expect any difference between
> Debian and Devuan in these matters, and I feel I have a better chance
> getting a useful answer here.
>
> Roughly once in a blue moon, "something somewhere" creates a symlink of
> the form
>
> ~/.config/pulse/08708c6cd6764173b7a41bdbc6995778-runtime ->
> /tmp/pulse-zZVyptPvnw4G
>

Perhaps it's firejail?

For me it's the only binary that names ".config/pulse", and by a glance at
its sources it looks like it might well do a thing like that.

Ralph.