GNU bug report logs - #28352
stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 21:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 22707

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 23:03:13 +0200
The gstreamer cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0 goes stale and must be
manually deleted after changing what gstreamer plugins are installed.
This can be dangerous as old plugins might be referenced long after they
have been upgraded, causing the user to continue using old plugins
despite an upgrade.

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Ricardo

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Message #8 received at 28352 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 28352 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28352: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:25:28 +0200
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:

> The gstreamer cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0 goes stale and must be
> manually deleted after changing what gstreamer plugins are installed.
> This can be dangerous as old plugins might be referenced long after they
> have been upgraded, causing the user to continue using old plugins
> despite an upgrade.

Indeed, the ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin embeds absolute
file names.

Ludo’.




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Message #11 received at 28352 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 28352 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#28352: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:43:57 -0400
ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:
>
>> The gstreamer cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0 goes stale and must be
>> manually deleted after changing what gstreamer plugins are installed.
>> This can be dangerous as old plugins might be referenced long after they
>> have been upgraded, causing the user to continue using old plugins
>> despite an upgrade.
>
> Indeed, the ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin embeds absolute
> file names.

Perhaps we should add a default service that periodically deletes these
directories.

      Mark




Merged 22707 28352. Request was from Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 19 Oct 2017 03:42:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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