Subject: [bug#52805] [PATCH] substitute: Add a ‘--clear-cache’ option.

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2021 17:21:26 +0100

Unlike ‘rm -rf ~/.cache/guix/substitute’ this respects XDG_CACHE_HOME.

Use the --OPTION form for consistency with the existing ‘guix substitute’
interface, where other guix subcommands would prefer an ACTION.  This
subcommand really supports only one OPTION at a time, anyway.

* guix/scripts/substitute.scm (guix-substitute):
Add a new ‘--clear-cache’ option argument.
(show-help): Document it.
---
 guix/scripts/substitute.scm | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/guix/scripts/substitute.scm b/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
index c044e1d47a..1e71b4848b 100755
--- a/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/substitute.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 Nikita Karetnikov <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Kyle Meyer <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Christopher Baines <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ (define-module (guix scripts substitute)
   #:use-module (guix cache)
   #:use-module (gcrypt pk-crypto)
   #:use-module (guix pki)
-  #:use-module ((guix build utils) #:select (mkdir-p))
+  #:use-module ((guix build utils) #:select (delete-file-recursively mkdir-p))
   #:use-module ((guix build download)
                 #:select (uri-abbreviation nar-uri-abbreviation
                           (open-connection-for-uri
@@ -239,6 +240,8 @@ (define-syntax with-networking
 (define (show-help)
   (display (G_ "Usage: guix substitute [OPTION]...
 Internal tool to substitute a pre-built binary to a local build.\n"))
+  (display (G_ "
+      --clear-cache      forget previously cached availability information"))
   (display (G_ "
       --query            report on the availability of substitutes for the
                          store file names passed on the standard input"))
@@ -749,6 +752,10 @@ (define reply-port
   (with-networking
    (with-error-handling                           ; for signature errors
      (match args
+       (("--clear-cache")
+        ;; This is meant to be a big hammer, so don't pussyfoot around with
+        ;; maybe-remove-expired-cache-entries.
+        (delete-file-recursively %narinfo-cache-directory))
        (("--query")
         (let ((acl (current-acl)))
           (let loop ((command (read-line)))
-- 
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