[Bug 351970] New: smart package manager needs cleanup procedure to clean out residue left behind
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970 Summary: smart package manager needs cleanup procedure to clean out residue left behind Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: unspecified Platform: x86 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: Other AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: casualprogrammer@yahoo.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Beta-Customer In /var/lib/smart/packages there seems to accumulate a lot of leftovers (.rpm and .rpm.part ) probably from prematurely terminated invocations. As this can easily make a system inoperable over time, I suggest adding a check for leftovers on starting up smart and cleaning up if necessary. Also /var/lib/smart/packages is probably not a place an average user would check if the disk gets filled up. Something like /tmp/smart/packages would seem a lot more appropriate. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970 Mark Gordon <mtgordon@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mtgordon@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |cthiel@novell.com -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970 User cthiel@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970#c1 Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #1 from Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> 2008-01-10 01:38:48 MST --- In my opinion it makes sense to not clean the cache on every startup, since an incomplete transaction can also be caused by e.g. connection problems. In that case, you'll be very happy not having to download every single bit again. $ smart clean --help Usage: smart clean [options] This command cleans the package cache. You can use it to delete old unused files that were left behind because of an incomplete transaction. Options: -h, --help Show this help message and exit $ -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970 User casualprogrammer@yahoo.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970#c2 Casual J. Programmer <casualprogrammer@yahoo.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME | --- Comment #2 from Casual J. Programmer <casualprogrammer@yahoo.com> 2008-01-10 02:04:45 MST --- Well, the problem isn't cleaning out the cache. The problem is noticing that it's filling up your disk space over time, rendering the system inoperable. There should be a clever way to determine between "leftovers" and packages still useful for continuation of a broken transmit. The average user will only notice that login as user is no longer possible and sit there scratching head. That's also the reason I suggested moving the stuff to /tmp where it in fact belongs. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970 User cthiel@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=351970#c3 Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #3 from Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> 2008-01-10 02:42:13 MST --- Sorry, I haven't had a situation where the current behavior turned out to be a problem. How often do you cancel a transaction and restart it again (at a later point in time), where this is becoming a problem? Please continue this discussion upstream, in case you still think its a problem. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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