Re: RFC: /var/cache/<pkg> should be deleted upon package removal

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On Tuesday 09 February 2010, Ralf Corsepius wrote:

>  From this, I conclude that it should be "safe by definition" to remove
> /var/cache/<dir> directories and/or files below such directories upon
> final package removal.
>
> ATM, none of the packages in Fedora using /var/cache/<dir> (e.g. yum,
> mock, abrt) does so.

vdr-osdteletext does, but that's a drop in the ocean.

> This leads to /var/cache/ gradually filling up with
> orphaned/unused files, e.g. when temporarily installing mock or abrt.
> 
> Thoughts?

FWIW, no objections to mandating removal of that stuff here.
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