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[PATCH] substitute: Add a ‘--clear-cache’ option.

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Message #23 received at 52805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, 52805 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52805: [PATCH] substitute: Add a ‘--clear-cache’ option.
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:47:33 +0100

Hi,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès 写道：
>> That directory is only used by ‘guix weather’.
>
> Let me back up then: why does ‘guix weather’ cache responses at all?

For the same reason as ‘guix substitute’: caching allows it to send only
requests for which it doesn’t already know the answer.

Ludo’.

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