On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:17:31AM -0400, James McCoy wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 01:02:30PM -0800, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Various backup utilities can automatically exclude cache directories if > > tagged > > via the "Cache Directory Tagging" standard > > (http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/). Doing so requires creating a file > > CACHEDIR.TAG in the cache directory, containing the contents "Signature: > > 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55". Please consider implementing this > > standard > > by creating this file, so that backup software can automatically exclude the > > devscripts cache. > > > > (I'd also love to see a fix for 659330, to consolidate cache directories in > > XDG_CACHE_DIR.) > > I've just implemented the use of $XDG_CACHE_HOME. Do you still consider > the use of CACHEDIR.TAG relevant?
No, if you're placing the cache in $XDG_CACHE_HOME (or ~/.cache if not set), then adding CACHEDIR.TAG no longer matters. And thanks! Something ought to create $XDG_CACHE_HOME/CACHEDIR.TAG, but every piece of software creating a cache there shouldn't need to worry about that. Perhaps xdg-user-dirs should create that. - Josh Triplett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
