Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 00:23:39 -0600 From: Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> To: mat@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ccache's cleanup algorithm Message-ID: <201511040623.tA46NdFc022098@sdf.org> In-Reply-To: <3F3F0A2D2CA8DF3108F4CD6E@ogg.in.absolight.net> References: <201511031326.tA3DQkGW004763@sdf.org> <3F3F0A2D2CA8DF3108F4CD6E@ogg.in.absolight.net>
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Thank you for your quick reply.
Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> +--On 3 novembre 2015 07:26:46 -0600 Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> wrote:
> | In ccache's cleanup.c module, the comments say that files are deleted
> | from the cache on a LRU basis. However, the code refers to mtime, not
> | atime, so it appears that ccache is, in reality, using a Least Recently
> | *Modified* basis upon which to expire files from the cache. Is that
> | really what ccache does? Or did I miss something? If it's really using
> | LRM instead of LRU, can anyone explain why?
>
> ccache is not a freebsd project, it's a samba project:
Neither are nearly all of the other ports in the FreeBSD ports tree, yet
we have this mailing list. I had thought, perhaps erroneously, that there
might be enough users of ccache on this list that the question might find an
answer here.
>
> https://ccache.samba.org/
>
> I'm sure they have a mailing list where you can ask your questions.
>
Okay. I will try there.
Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG
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