> Unless the download cache feature is going to change its
> implementation to not use that many directories, the only
> way to fix the problem is to go with the change that
> Ginnie has a few days ago: simply remove the download cache
> in the proto area.

The download cache will eventually change.  Bart and I have been
discussing the creation of some kind of cache-daemon that performs
parallel downloads on behalf of the pkg(1) client.  Neither one of us is
working on it yet, though.

> Since I am not very familiar with the download cache, can the
> experts comment on whether removing it in the LiveCD will
> affect the performance of IPS in anyway after the LiveCD is installed?

It shouldn't be a problem to remove these directories from the LiveCD.

-j
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