Re: Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-14 Thread Gabor Gombas
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 09:45:08AM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > In my eyes no program at all should store caches in $HOME. There is > $TMPDIR for that. Even small files can be a big problem, if you have > several hundred users. But if TMPDIR="$HOME/tmp" then you have the same problem. Further

Re: Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-14 Thread cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 09:45 +0100, Bernhard R. Link a écrit : > > Against those grotesque > > .fonts.cache-1 files (which are not only cache that should not be in > > /home, but also system dependent thus even more do not belong there) > >

Re: Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-14 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 14 mars 2007 à 09:45 +0100, Bernhard R. Link a écrit : > Against those grotesque > .fonts.cache-1 files (which are not only cache that should not be in > /home, but also system dependent thus even more do not belong there) > running fc-cache as root on all hosts regulary helps. The sys

Re: Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-14 Thread Sam Hocevar
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007, Pierre THIERRY wrote: > I just discovered today that some packages can store pretty huge cache > data in my $HOME, and found that rather problematic. When I backup my > home, I don't want to waste backup space or time to do it, because I > have to check what eats space and te

Re: Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-14 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Pierre THIERRY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070314 07:51]: > > I just discovered today that some packages can store pretty huge cache > > data in my $HOME, and found that rather problematic. When I backup my > > home, I don't want to waste backup space or ti

Re: Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-14 Thread Bernhard R. Link
* Pierre THIERRY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070314 07:51]: > I just discovered today that some packages can store pretty huge cache > data in my $HOME, and found that rather problematic. When I backup my > home, I don't want to waste backup space or time to do it, because I > have to check what eats spac

Huge cache dirs in $HOME

2007-03-13 Thread Pierre THIERRY
Hi, I just discovered today that some packages can store pretty huge cache data in my $HOME, and found that rather problematic. When I backup my home, I don't want to waste backup space or time to do it, because I have to check what eats space and tell if it's cache data. Couldn't such packages,