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Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 48108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Andrea Corallo <akrl <at> sdf.org>
Subject: bug#48108: Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 13:11:03 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> The exact details of this would of course need to be discussed, but as
> a starting point perhaps we could imagine two modes of operation:

[...]

> 2.  Remove all eln cache directories except the one currently in use.
>
> I imagine that casual users only ever use one version of Emacs at the
> same time (i.e. because they simply install Emacs using their package
> manager), so perhaps the first one could be the default mode of
> operation.
>
> We could add a number of options to ensure a user can tweak this to
> their own liking.
>
> One idea for a command name is `native-compile-cache-clear'.

I think 2) would be sufficient for most people, and, yes, having a
command for this would be nice.

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