[arch-general] Pacman cache directory

[arnaud gaboury]

On Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 8:23 PM, João Miguel via arch-general
<arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> A 2016-08-17T19:17:43 +0300, Alex Theotokatos via arch-general escreveu:
>> On 08/17/2016 02:32 PM, arnaud gaboury via arch-general wrote:
>> > > From /etc/pacman.conf:
>> >
>> > CacheDir    = /drawer/system/pacman/cache/pacman/pkg/
>> Where did you found this line?
> Ahm... (see below)
>> It should be
>> CacheDir  = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
>>
>> >
>> > This is a convenient place to me as my root system is a not too large
> Here ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Why not make /var a separate filesystem (and even /var/{cache,log} etc.
> if necessary), as traditional, instead of creating a new directory in /,
> only to get programs confused and to have to create weird
> configurations?
That's in fact one convenient solution. Will may be go this way as I
don't like this symlink I don't understand.

>> > SSD. When doing some cleaning on my machines, I found this:
>> >
>> > $ ls -al /drawer/system
>> > .....
>> > lrwxrwxrwx  1 gabx users   34 Aug 12 21:10 pacman ->
>> > /tmp/asd-gabx/drawer/system/pacman/
>> >
>> > Pacman is working like a charm, but I would like to understand why abd
>> > by what the pacman directory is a symlink to a volatile dir?
>> >
>> > Thank you for any hints on how investigate.

> I have never heard of pacman keeping packages in temporary directories
> (not even after a quick search in the AW and manual pages for pacman and
> pacman.conf). However, some AUR helpers do that.
>
> You (the OP) are the one who selected a directory
> (/drawer/system/pacman/cache/pacman/pkg/) which was in a temporary
> directory (/drawer/system/pacman->/tmp/asd-gabx/drawer/system/pacman/).
>
> With abd do you mean abs (Arch Build System)?

Typo from myself. Nothing to do with abd, sorry.
>
> To answer your question properly, we need more information on what
> you're trying to do and how (what tools (abd?), non-standard config
> files).

>
> Regards,
> João Miguel



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