There's an issue on that, Pkg.rm doesn't actually delete the files, it moves them to a .trash folder. There are reasons for this but it's counterintuitive and can lead to issues, so in future refactorings of Pkg it will be revisited.
The .cache is not shared between Julia versions on Windows. We briefly did using NTFS junctions (it uses a symlink on Linux/Mac, but file symlinks on Windows require a non-default privilege setting to be able to create) but that caused issues if the package directory was on a network drive so we (I) changed that. On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 at 2:48:23 PM UTC-4, David Anthoff wrote: > > Ah, I see. On one hand that makes sense. On the other hand, I’ve been > under the impression for more than two years now that if I remove a package > via Pkg.rm and it doesn’t show up in Pkg.status, it is no longer on my > disc. Doesn’t seem an unreasonable expectation, so maybe that is something > to clarify somewhere. > > > > *From:* stefan.k...@gmail.com <javascript:> [mailto:stefan.k...@gmail.com > <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Stefan Karpinski > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:29 AM > *To:* Julia Users <julia...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > *Subject:* Re: [julia-users] Re: Git-maggedon > > > > Yes, that's right. The cache is also shared between different Julia > versions. > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 1:49 PM, David Anthoff <ant...@berkeley.edu > <javascript:>> wrote: > > You mean when I completely uninstalled a package and then add it again? > > > > It wouldn’t be needed if I just switch to a different version of an > installed package, right? > > > > *From:* stefan.karpin...@gmail.com <javascript:> [mailto: > stefan.karpin...@gmail.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Stefan Karpinski > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:45 AM > *To:* Julia Users <julia-users@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > *Subject:* Re: [julia-users] Re: Git-maggedon > > > > The cache folders are just bare git repositories for packages. Keeping > these around prevents having to hit the network to reinstall a package > version that you've already fetched and installed before. > > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 1:31 PM, David Anthoff <ant...@berkeley.edu > <javascript:>> wrote: > > I’ve never understood the various .cache folders that hang around, but if > you want to be sure to start from a clean .julia package folder you might > want to make sure all the .cache folders are also removed. In particular I > guess the .julia/.cache folder. And then retry the whole Pkg.init() > procedure. > > > > *From:* julia-users@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > julia-users@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Eric Forgy > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2016 10:24 AM > *To:* julia-users <julia-users@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> > *Subject:* [julia-users] Re: Git-maggedon > > > > Update: > > > > I went back and changed v0.4 -> v0.4_temp2 and did a Pkg.Init() and > Pkg.add("JSON") using v0.4.5 just to see if it was related to upgrading. > > > > I see the exact same problem. I suspect my Git is corrupted somehow which > is wreaking havoc with Pkg. That is just a guess. > > > > Any ideas? > > > On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 12:37:50 AM UTC+8, Eric Forgy wrote: > > I just upgraded to v0.4.6 on Windows, but I think this problem might > predate the upgrade (I think the upgrade was partially in hopes of > resolving this). > > > > I don't know if this is a Julia issue or a Git issue, but if I add any > package, e.g. > > > > julia> Pkg.add("JSON") > > > The package gets added to my package directory, but no branch is checked > out so I am on HEAD. > > > > Worse, instead of my remotes being things like: > > > > remotes/origin/master > > > I see things like > > > > remotes/cached/heads/master > > > > Any idea what's going on? I'm on a critical business trip and my > development is completely paralyzed until I can resolve this so I really > sincerely appreciate any help. > > > > In an act of desperation, I moved v0.4 -> v0.4_temp, Pkg.init() and > reinstalled every single package. I still have exactly the same problem, so > I am unable to do anything with Julia until I fix this. > > > > Thank you very much and best regards, > > Eric > > > > > > > > >
