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Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk
- From: "Ed C. Lueless" <ed dot c at lueless dot net>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:00:59 -0400
- Subject: Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 03:10:11PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jun 17 13:54, Dave Korn wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 06:16:17PM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
>> >> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>
>> >> <duck>
>> >>
>> >> Wouldn't it be nice if setup knew enough to remove the bz2 files for
>> >> packages that were no longer current?
>> >>
>> >> </duck>
>> >
>> > No need to duck. I think setup really should just delete the files
>> > when it is done with them if you choose "install from internet".
>>
>> Keeping the accumulated older versions cached in the local package dir has
>> saved my skin and/or been a handy source of historical reference material on
>> numerous occasions. So if we're going to add a "tidy up local package dir"
>> behaviour, I reckon it should be governed by another check-box on the final
>> page, alongside the "create menu item" and "create shortcut" boxes.
>
>Since I'm using a local mirror and thus the local download option
>exclusively, this isn't as important to me as an option on the
>installer page to brew some coffee(*) during installation. It would
>be nice(TM) if somebody would add it finally.
>
>
>Corinna
>
>(*) No decaf, please. My hippos tend to sleep too much without caffeine.
Actually, I think that I, like most users, use the accumlated contents of
the files in the download directory to provide a cryptographic hash for
use in protecting some of my sensitive data. If I deleted all of the files
in this directory then the hash would be zero!!! Cygwin really needs to
be more security conscious than this.
I vote NO on remvoing files.
-Ed
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