Darren Kenny wrote:
I took a look around, and noticed that the /var/pkg/download directory appeared
to be consuming more than the actual OS itself...
...
This then made me wonder why this isn't on by default? Or why there isn't at
least some sort of limiter on the cache, rather than letting it grow so large.
...
It also made me think that we really should have a pkg command that allows you
to purge this cache on demand rather than doing a :

        rm -rf /var/pkg/download

Related RFEs on defect.opensolaris.org:

2266 want command-line control over content cache
6353 option to put download cache on alternate filesystem

Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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