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bug#28352: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0
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Mark H Weaver |
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bug#28352: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0 |
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Date: |
Tue, 05 Sep 2017 17:43:57 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) |
address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:
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>> The gstreamer cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0 goes stale and must be
>> manually deleted after changing what gstreamer plugins are installed.
>> This can be dangerous as old plugins might be referenced long after they
>> have been upgraded, causing the user to continue using old plugins
>> despite an upgrade.
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> Indeed, the ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin embeds absolute
> file names.
Perhaps we should add a default service that periodically deletes these
directories.
Mark