Bug#784980: cruft-ng: reports tons of expected files
> The cruft-ng tool reports tons of files under /usr/local If those are games, you might have a look at game-data-packager that will repack those as .deb files that get installed in /usr/share/games (mostly) then cruft|cruft-ng won't complain about these files anymore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#784980: cruft-ng: reports tons of expected files
Hi,
cruft-ng aims to provide an output that is
character-identical to "cruft",
so it's documentation or this article also apply:
http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/02/28/debian-cleanup-tip-5-identify-cruft-that-can-be-removed-from-your-debian-system/
> etckeeper
There is currenlty no rule for this tool, so cruft/cruft-ng
can't know which files are OK and which are extraneous.
This is a known design limitation, and here's a proposal
to fix some of it by moving somefunctionality in dpkg itself:
https://wiki.debian.org/Cruft/purge
Meanwhile, I've digged this:
https://sources.debian.net/src/etckeeper/1.18.1/debian/postrm/
Can you provide a listing of /etc/.etckeeper & /var/cache/etckeeper ?
("find /etc/.etckeeper ; find /var/cache/etckeeper")
I could blindly add this rule, but I'd rather
had a look a the files first.
-8<-8<-
/etc/.etckeeper/**
/var/cache/etckeeper
/var/cache/etckeeper/**
-8<-8<-
You can try it yourself by creating a text file
in /etc/cruft/filters/etckeeper/etckeeper
or /usr/lib/cruft/filters-unex/etckeeper .
Creating it in /usr/... means it will be overwritten
by a new cruft|cruft-common release;
which is the behaviour you probably want here.
If the same rule exists in both /etc/... & /usr/...
the one in /etc/ takes precedence, like for systemd units.
(but there is no equivalent to systemd-delta)
> /etc & /var/log.
each file in /etc or /var/log may be linked to a different package;
that means adding yet more indivudal rules
> The cruft-ng tool reports tons of files under /usr/local
> I cannot see any way to prevent it from doing that.
You need to create your own rule in
"/etc/cruft/filters/sed" with
-8<-8<-
/usr/local/**
-8<-8<-
to ignore or whatever appropriate.
Why 'sed', because:
*) I just noticed forgot to had a rule to match all
the all-upercases files in /etc/cruft/filters (#!%/!!*)
all-upercase meaning: "process this rule even if package
or matching name" is not installed
*) sed doesn't need a rule
*) sed is allways installed (popcon #2)
Hopes it helps,
Alexandre Detiste
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Bug#784980: cruft-ng: reports tons of expected files
Package: cruft-ng Version: 0.3 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 The cruft-ng tool reports tons of files under /usr/local, /etc (including etckeeper git store) and /var/log. I cannot see any way to prevent it from doing that. - -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/lksh Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages cruft-ng depends on: ii cruft 0.9.19 ii libc6 2.19-18 ii libgcc1 1:5.1.1-5 ii libstdc++6 5.1.1-5 ii mlocate 0.26-1 cruft-ng recommends no packages. cruft-ng suggests no packages. - -- no debconf information -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1 iQJOBAEBCAA4BQJVUJppMRpodHRwczovL3d3dy5kb21pbmlrLWdlb3JnZS5kZS9n cGctcG9saWN5LnR4dC5hc2MACgkQt5o8FqDE8pa2pQ//Z1r8BWzG74bDs3qYDQby 5CebZR8St1CA+mN5fK4jVBbKEQM+t/WeR5Tivi4mVkKLxASzVUkqkujfxnJERGbF THyM77WKi3l1NVm+Y02N1lfDH5Atf71J0J4dg1JufIlZ+dN+jTafMNmrQL7mkOmx brP5OxQpw/IWuWQb4MuQRogP2T7W8+5TlMhNxCP9I9hssvzdsUp9jOJGK05DLgUf J+88a6KNgUs9217pKCHWSBdW/n0/qo4s+2DMQwvae45Nb49uWP7/lUfva8waTZwR +sWb6gWHDwJiXtVWfm/ljv7a6DQu+9B4m8o5d2cUmSqUV/M74lXJU5PgrWovnEu4 viZAlUXNOVBo+yroDLmVhwOhkD3XLzXROciTzXTiCNoqATTv/FZpoiRTkCQlIxkL JtXjzXvjWx0cgbwQtPhuQzWwT1Lw3khzfY8KUQ416AXwIJFPHX8jVa9/n0K25FaR S1zE9i/acDqamx01F30mk7AEtJIH8StLPbo6T8iehRhVy+bTP44tunBAMv7b0dK4 9mAB1JQ7ltv0K4E1VDZuTzhmFCObXDvR7c4O6pdn6N7P8mnVcJg3AXrVc7YiUu4I 7ePKPV+AHGsOgm0hAy+lih6d5heu1Fr1ab6TkIEfnWaRNkOzy7RlleM+iTYXYn/F xl/+rDX7YahLb75PB94SN7Y= =TW0N -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
