https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358887
--- Comment #4 from Joseph Guida <joe85...@gmail.com> --- Thank you much for the information about Bleachbit's causation of this crash. I will cease using it. Your reply is very much appreciated. Joe G On Feb 19, 2016 9:39 PM, "Michael Pyne via KDE Bugzilla" < bugzilla_nore...@kde.org> wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358887 > > Michael Pyne <mp...@kde.org> changed: > > What |Removed |Added > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Status|NEEDSINFO |RESOLVED > Resolution|BACKTRACE |INVALID > > --- Comment #3 from Michael Pyne <mp...@kde.org> --- > Bleachbit overwrites the cache instead of simply unlinking it, which is > what > causes the crash. There's not much I can do here because the cache is > persistent so it must save its accounting data within the file itself, > which > Bleachbit then corrupts, leading to crashes almost instantly. > > This type of bug has been reported before, my understanding was that the > Bleachbit devs had configured the software to leave things like > /var/tmp/kdecache* alone by default but I'm not sure (and I'm sure it's > still > possible for user to override). See Martin's blog post from nearly 4 years > ago > now to see how long this has been going on > https://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2012/07/do-not-use-bleachbit/ > > -- > You are receiving this mail because: > You reported the bug. > -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.