On 2023-12-13 13:35:03, Toomas Soome wrote:


On 13. Dec 2023, at 14:30, Predrag Zecevic via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> wrote:

Hi all,

I have searched for solution first, and could not find it...

My /var/pkg is huge:

:; pfexec du -shc /var/pkg/*
13G     /var/pkg/cache
512     /var/pkg/gui_cache
5,0K    /var/pkg/history
61M     /var/pkg/license
512     /var/pkg/linked
512     /var/pkg/lock
512     /var/pkg/modified
5,5K    /var/pkg/pkg5.image
14G     /var/pkg/publisher
512     /var/pkg/ssl
346M    /var/pkg/state
28G     total

I wonder if /var/pkg/cache can be "emptied"?

With best regards.

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make sure flush-content-cache-on-successis True in pkg property output, then install one package (and uninstall it if not really needed;), then the cache should get flushed for you.

rgds,
toomas

Hi Toomas,

I have that property set since long time ago:

:; pkg property flush-content-cache-on-success
PROPERTY                       VALUE
flush-content-cache-on-success True

ATM:
:; du -sh /var/pkg/cache/
13G     /var/pkg/cache/

:; pkg list mail/opendkim

pkg list: no packages matching the following patterns are installed:
  mail/opendkim

:; pfexec pkg install mail/opendkim
           Packages to install:  2
            Services to change:  2
       Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No

DOWNLOAD                                PKGS         FILES    XFER (MB)   SPEED
Completed                                2/2       221/221 1.1/1.1 52.1k/s

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Installing new actions                       297/297
Updating package state database                 Done
Updating package cache                           0/0
Updating image state                            Done
Creating fast lookup database                   Done
Reading search index                            Done
Updating search index                            2/2
Updating package cache                           2/2

:; pfexec pkg uninstall mail/opendkim
            Packages to remove:  1
            Services to change:  2
       Create boot environment: No
Create backup boot environment: No

PHASE                                          ITEMS
Removing old actions                         249/249
Updating package state database                 Done
Updating package cache                           1/1
Updating image state                            Done
Creating fast lookup database                   Done
Reading search index                            Done
Updating search index                            1/1
Updating package cache                           2/2

# Installed 2 packages, but removed only one -- but that is another story...

:; du -sh /var/pkg/cache/
13G     /var/pkg/cache/

So, nothing has happen

Regards.

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