* Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk [not found] <4A3940A0.3000606@bonhard.uklinux.net> @ 2009-06-17 23:23 ` Dave Korn 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Dave Korn @ 2009-06-17 23:23 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Thread Thoroughly TITTTL'd Fergus wrote: >> Are you paying attention? It can be cleaned up by: >> rm -rf "/h/my name/cygnus solutions/*" >> Yes, yes. I know. Your internet connection is only 1 byte per second >> so you desperately need to keep useless files around on disk for when >> you accidentally type rm -rf /bin. > > For Goodness sake. There really is nothing you enjoy more than > admonishing people is there, > in that famously sarcastic and superior manner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric Sarcasm, hyperbole and exaggeration are pretty standard rhetorical techniques. I think it's hard to justify inferring from the outwardly observable fact of someone's preferred writing style to an assumption about their inner mental state and motivation - an intent to mount a personal attack - which can't be so directly observed. cheers, DaveK ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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* Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk [not found] ` <4A38E76F.5070805@gmail.com> @ 2009-06-17 13:10 ` Corinna Vinschen 2009-06-17 15:01 ` Ed C. Lueless 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2009-06-17 13:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-talk On Jun 17 13:54, Dave Korn wrote: > Christopher Faylor wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 06:16:17PM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: > >> Christopher Faylor wrote: > > >> <duck> > >> > >> Wouldn't it be nice if setup knew enough to remove the bz2 files for > >> packages that were no longer current? > >> > >> </duck> > > > > No need to duck. I think setup really should just delete the files > > when it is done with them if you choose "install from internet". > > Keeping the accumulated older versions cached in the local package dir has > saved my skin and/or been a handy source of historical reference material on > numerous occasions. So if we're going to add a "tidy up local package dir" > behaviour, I reckon it should be governed by another check-box on the final > page, alongside the "create menu item" and "create shortcut" boxes. Since I'm using a local mirror and thus the local download option exclusively, this isn't as important to me as an option on the installer page to brew some coffee(*) during installation. It would be nice(TM) if somebody would add it finally. Corinna (*) No decaf, please. My hippos tend to sleep too much without caffeine. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk 2009-06-17 13:10 ` Corinna Vinschen @ 2009-06-17 15:01 ` Ed C. Lueless 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Ed C. Lueless @ 2009-06-17 15:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin-talk On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 03:10:11PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Jun 17 13:54, Dave Korn wrote: >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 06:16:17PM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote: >> >> Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >> >> <duck> >> >> >> >> Wouldn't it be nice if setup knew enough to remove the bz2 files for >> >> packages that were no longer current? >> >> >> >> </duck> >> > >> > No need to duck. I think setup really should just delete the files >> > when it is done with them if you choose "install from internet". >> >> Keeping the accumulated older versions cached in the local package dir has >> saved my skin and/or been a handy source of historical reference material on >> numerous occasions. So if we're going to add a "tidy up local package dir" >> behaviour, I reckon it should be governed by another check-box on the final >> page, alongside the "create menu item" and "create shortcut" boxes. > >Since I'm using a local mirror and thus the local download option >exclusively, this isn't as important to me as an option on the >installer page to brew some coffee(*) during installation. It would >be nice(TM) if somebody would add it finally. > > >Corinna > >(*) No decaf, please. My hippos tend to sleep too much without caffeine. Actually, I think that I, like most users, use the accumlated contents of the files in the download directory to provide a cryptographic hash for use in protecting some of my sensitive data. If I deleted all of the files in this directory then the hash would be zero!!! Cygwin really needs to be more security conscious than this. I vote NO on remvoing files. -Ed -- Ed C. Lueless "Programming since 1972" ed.c@lueless.org -- "Ed C. - you are the man!" -- my boss -- "There's no such thing as evil. Just excuses that heaven won't accept." -- Peter David ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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