Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 08:14:36 +0200 From: kaltheat <kaltheat@googlemail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-pkg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re: Disable pkg cache Message-ID: <1487d193309.11bd56190294561.6586089392236130421@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <5416FC78.4040104@freebsd.org> References: <148799807a5.d2f58d1b193594.6509254985329847815@googlemail.com> <5416FC78.4040104@freebsd.org>
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---- On Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:49:28 +0200 Matthew Seaman wrote ---- >On 09/15/14 14:54, kaltheat wrote: >> is it possible to disable local caching of packages? >> I have my own local repo and don't want to "pollute" each server in my environment with pkg cache. > >Not -- the cache can't be disabled. However, your concern about >'pollution' is misplaced. The package cache won't overwrite package >foo-1.0.0.txz from repoA with foo-1.0.0.txz from repoB --- it knows >exactly which repository each cached package came from and it can keep >multiple copies from separate sources simultaneously. The only reason >it would supercede any package is when it sees there is an update >available in the repository catalogue with a different checksum. Even >then it keeps the older version of the package n hand. Well, what I meant with "pollution" was: I already have all packages on the package building server. I don't need packages locally on each server. 'pkg clean' would be a workaround, but it would be fine if pkg can be configured to not create a cache at all ... So I need to file a feature request, right? >PS. If you're worried about the cache getting too big, that's not >usually a problem and even if it is, 'pkg clean' will sort thing out pronto. To me it's a kind of aesthetic concern: I don't want to have redundancies if they aren't necessary. Regards, kaltheat
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