But isn't that a bit... weird to use cache to move data from one image to
another? I would expect cache to be just a cache even if in reality it is
just a regular repository.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Norbert Hartl <norb...@hartl.name> wrote:
>
> Am 24.07.2014 um 23:43 schrieb Stephan Eggermont <step...@stack.nl>:
>
> > If you use a shared package cache, you should be aware of two potential
> issues:
> > - directories with a large number of files can get slow;
>
> I don't think that this is an issue with todays filesystems. If you want
> to cleanup a package-cache you could use something like this
>
> ----
> $ cat bin/clean-package-cache
> #!/bin/sh
>
> find /opt/mc/package-cache/ -atime +180d -exec mv {} ~/.Trash \;
> ——
>
> It moves all files that have not been accessed for half a year into the
> trash folder (I'm a Mac user). You can have this run automatically if add a
> file
>
> ----
> $ cat Library/LaunchAgents/org.selfish.cleanPackageCache.plist
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "
> http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd";>
> <plist version="1.0">
> <dict>
> <key>Label</key>
> <string>org.selfish.cleanPackageCache</string>
> <key>ProgramArguments</key>
> <array>
> <string>/Users/norbert/bin/clean-package-cache</string>
> </array>
> <key>StartInterval</key>
> <integer>86400</integer>
> </dict>
> </plist>
> ——
>
> > - Metacello configurations might load different versions of packages
> than you'd expect
>
> Indeed
>
> Norbert
>
