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Subject: bug#28352: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0
Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:25:28 +0200
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To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
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Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> The gstreamer cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0 goes stale and must be
> manually deleted after changing what gstreamer plugins are installed.
> This can be dangerous as old plugins might be referenced long after they
> have been upgraded, causing the user to continue using old plugins
> despite an upgrade.

Indeed, the ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin embeds absolute
file names.

Ludo=E2=80=99.