GNU bug report logs - #48108
Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 22:00:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Rudolf Schlatte <rudi <at> constantly.at>
Cc: 48108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#48108: Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 21:13:28 +0300

> From: Rudolf Schlatte <rudi <at> constantly.at>
> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 18:18:16 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > It shouldn't be hard to implement, but do we want to delete such a
> > directory only under ~/.emacs.d/eln-cache/, or under all the
> > directories in native-comp-eln-load-path?
> 
> How about only deleting .eln files below these directories, and removing
> the directories only when they are empty afterwards?  I'm suddenly
> imagining users who put other files into such directories, or add their
> home directory to native-comp-eln-load-path, or ...

IMO, that makes no sense.  These directories are for the *.eln files
only.
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