clear /var/cache/aura

[leshow]

Was cleaning up some old packages on my system and removing from the package cache. I noticed I had a fairly large (5Gb) /var/cache/aura most of which is the vcs folder. Is there a good way to clear out this cache? I didn't notice any commands for it and aura -Sc doesn't do it.

[fosskers]

There isn't currently a command for it, but I can add one.

[fosskers]

Accidentally closed it.

[leshow]

Do you mind if I make an attempt? Do you have any thoughts on the behavior or implementation you'd like to see?

[fosskers]

I don't mind at all, rather I'd be quite happy for the contribution! Although do keep in mind that the Haskell version of Aura is currently being ported to Rust, so anything you add will also have to be ported. No issue there though, individual commands are pretty straight-forward to move over.

Either way, I'd expect this to be a subflag of -C that would operate on its own. That way your code could be added and operate independently. Perhaps just -C --vcs?

[leshow]

Oh interesting. As it happens I am also a full-time Rust developer so I'm happy to work on both.

As for behavior of the vcs subcommand, would it just clear out the directory by default? I assume the vcs subdir doesn't hold multiple versions of a single package?

[fosskers]

You should just be able to naively run a rm -rf * within that folder (or the equivalent Haskell function call).

[ratijas]

Given that makepkg is one huge bash script, spawning rm -rf * is a particular directory literally makes sense. But there are always a bunch of 3rd-party libraries which do basically the same thing but with extra dependencies.

[leshow]

Why would we use an npm package to remove files? I'm just doing it in equivalent RIO function calls at the moment.

[ratijas]

Of course I've never suggested to use an npm package. I was just mocking it. But irony doesn't really work well on the internet.

[fosskers]

I'm just doing it in equivalent RIO function calls at the moment.

That'll do nicely.