Camelia Lavender <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7/31/25 5:40 PM, Frank wrote:
> > Am Donnerstag, dem 31.07.2025 um 14:50 +0200 schrieb Uwe Sauter:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> for me this looks as the remains from an interrupted package update.
> >>
> >> Everything below /var/cache/pacman/pkg is save to delete as long as
> >> no pacman process is currently
> >> running.
> >
> > ok willremove
> >>
> >> You could even automate that by running "paccache -rk2" after a
> >> system update to only keep the
> >> latest 2 versions of the downloaded / installed packages.
> >
> > paccache does not delete any folders under /var/cache/pacman/pkg
>
> I think that's normal, given that directories such as download-* are
> present only if the package download got interrupted (they therefore
> contain temporary files and not valid cached packages).
If the whole package file was downloaded before the process was interrupted
then it is probably a valid package. They are valid package files if they
were downloaded in full, and also the sig files verifies them.
When downloading an update that conatins many packages, try to
$ watch ls /var/cache/pacman/pkg/download-*
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u34
> I usually remove
> these directories manually.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Camelia Lavender (she/they)
> PGP: 0xDBCC70EFBC360E97
