ehlo Giovanni, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote:
AFAIU unfortunately we have application/library state all over .cache(s) that sometimes crashes software *and* trying to fix this upstream it's_not_ an option [1]
Oh. That's… disappointing to say the least, since these are both upstream bugs that Guix can't fix :-(
What exactly did you ask? What was their response?
often users have to delete something in some .cache by guessing, "just" to solve some strange software crash (this is common to all distros)
I have never had to do this, ever.
maybe an activation service extension proposed by Ricardo (see above)is the right solution: I'll try to make a summary of prevoiusdiscussions on this topic on guix-devel to help address this (class of)issue(s)... sorry I cannot help coding it
We can randomly delete whole caches in the user's stead but it's never the ‘right’ solution. Only the application can manage its caches properly. I still hope this is possible in both cases here.
Kind regards, T G-R
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