On 03-05-2010 15:34, Peter Hjalmarsson wrote: > fre 2010-04-30 klockan 18:24 +0200 skrev Enrico Weigelt: >> * Daniel Pielmeier <bil...@gentoo.org> schrieb: >> >>> What about searching the complete file system but using an exclude file >>> where >>> you can put directories and files which should not be searched. It is >>> tedious to >>> tell every path on the command-line. Also for instance if you specify /lib >>> it >>> will also search under /lib/modules and I am sure you do not consider all >>> contents there as unneeded. >> >> hmm, perhaps there's some way to assign these files to some package ? >> > > Eh, no and it should not be since files in that directory is kernel > modules, and most of the files there is created by "cd /usr/src/linux && > make" or genkernel or something alike and it is supposed to be that way.
Indeed. /lib/firmware is another candidate > Looking at the contents of that directory is pretty easy to see if a > directory there should be left alone or removed (as there is just one > directory per kernel. not any longer running a kernel anymore? remove > the corresponding dir). That is dangerous. For example, I always keep the previous 2 kernels just in case I detect some problem with the latest and I need to quickly go back. > It is better to have the script not tuch that directory at all or at > most point out "the directory contains directories for more kernels then > the currently running (i.e. there is more then one dir) and it is > totally THIS big. Sounds like a plan. You may want to take a look if you have files from > older kernels that you do not longer need." > That would leave up to the user to figure out what kernel modules to > keep and what kernel to pount. Or you suggest autocleaning of /boot > and /usr/src/linux-* as well? Dangerous! > > > I'm seeing that there is enough interest (including me) on such utility. Since it is difficult to please everyone at start, I'll first open a project page on sf.net and develop a more powerful PoC that matches my ideas. There was a lot of good ideas and observations here, so keep them coming that I'll certainly read them. When, and only if, the thing grows to a more mature state; I'll try to open a Gentoo project by the appropriate means. I'm not very good on free time lately, so I can't promise anything. But, as long as my interest on it doesn't die I'll slowly keep working on. Regards, - Angelo
