[OpenIndiana-discuss] Is it safe to remove /var/pkg/cache directory?

[Toomas Soome]

> On 13. Dec 2023, at 14:30, Predrag Zecevic via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have searched for solution first, and could not find it...
> 
> My /var/pkg is huge:
> 
> :; pfexec du -shc /var/pkg/*
> 13G     /var/pkg/cache
> 512     /var/pkg/gui_cache
> 5,0K    /var/pkg/history
> 61M     /var/pkg/license
> 512     /var/pkg/linked
> 512     /var/pkg/lock
> 512     /var/pkg/modified
> 5,5K    /var/pkg/pkg5.image
> 14G     /var/pkg/publisher
> 512     /var/pkg/ssl
> 346M    /var/pkg/state
> 28G     total
> 
> I wonder if /var/pkg/cache can be "emptied"?
> 
> With best regards.
> 
> -- 
> Predrag Zečević
> predrag.zecevic.1961 at googlemail.com
> 
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make sure flush-content-cache-on-success  is True in pkg property output, then install one package (and uninstall it if not really needed;), then the cache should get flushed for you.

rgds,
toomas