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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 48108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, akrl <at> sdf.org
Subject: bug#48108: Wishlist: Command to remove redundant eln cache directories [native-comp]
Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2022 13:01:26 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> The last element in that variable is supposed to be the system
>> directory...  but perhaps it'd make sense for this command to prune .eln
>> directories in all directories in native-comp-eln-load-path where the
>> user has write access?
>
> That's what I'm asking, basically.

I've now added this to Emacs 29 under the name
`native-compile-prune-cache'.  (Feel free to adjust the name -- I felt
that -clear-cache was misleading, since we're not removing the cache for
the current invocation.)

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