From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: bug#35683: wishlist: addessing statefulness of .cache(s) Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 13:45:03 +0200 Message-ID: <87zhntxlj4.fsf@nckx> References: <878svdh2ec.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41985) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPQS5-0007NA-Uc for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2019 07:46:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPQS3-0002zY-Sv for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2019 07:46:05 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:54678) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hPQS2-0002zD-Rn for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2019 07:46:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hPQS2-0004K4-P3 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2019 07:46:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-reply-to: <878svdh2ec.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 35683@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ehlo Giovanni, Giovanni Biscuolo wrote: > AFAIU unfortunately we have application/library state all over=20 > .cache(s) > that sometimes crashes software *and* trying to fix this=20 > upstream it's > _not_ an option [1] Oh. That's=E2=80=A6 disappointing to say the least, since these are both=20 upstream bugs that Guix can't fix :-( What exactly did you ask? What was their response? > often users have to delete something in some .cache by guessing,=20 > "just" > to solve some strange software crash (this is common to all=20 > distros) I have never had to do this, ever. > maybe an activation service extension proposed by Ricardo (see=20 > above) > is the right solution: I'll try to make a summary of prevoius > discussions on this topic on guix-devel to help address this=20 > (class of) > issue(s)... sorry I cannot help coding it We can randomly delete whole caches in the user's stead but it's=20 never the =E2=80=98right=E2=80=99 solution. Only the application can manag= e its=20 caches properly. I still hope this is possible in both cases=20 here. Kind regards, T G-R --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYKAB0WIQT12iAyS4c9C3o4dnINsP+IT1VteQUCXNa1vwAKCRANsP+IT1Vt eY9CAP9j7HD4E0GYs+y2XfY2uv1czexfcR59RMGz0poLNSKFCAEArzyw8t7wNbEr iBpoLXIAW9d94G3VdwbFsTZpcPu1lwE= =N4JP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--