FS#11338 - Provide config option to disable package cache

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by M. H. (DerGuteMoritz) - Friday, 29 August 2008, 10:33 GMT
Last edited by Xavier (shining) - Monday, 01 September 2008, 05:44 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category General
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.2.1
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

It would be nice to have a config option like NoCache which would disable pacman's package cache mechanism by immediately deleting packages from the cache directory after installation. This would be useful for devices like the Asus EEE PC since its SSD merely sports 5 GiB of space.
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Closed by  Xavier (shining)
Monday, 01 September 2008, 05:44 GMT
Reason for closing:  Won't implement
Additional comments about closing:  This is easily done outside pacman, no need for yet another option.
Comment by Xavier (shining) - Friday, 29 August 2008, 11:21 GMT
Just put "pacman -Scc" in a cron job.
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Sunday, 31 August 2008, 23:45 GMT
#!/bin/sh
# call this script 'pacawesome' or something and drop it on your path
pacman "$@"
pacman -Scc

I'm voting no on implementing this one. I manage just fine on my Eee with 4 GB of space.

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