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

[Predrag Zečević]

> Strange is this:
> 
> :; pkg list | grep golang
> developer/golang                                  1.21.1-2023.0.0.0     i--
> developer/golang-121                              1.21.5-2023.0.0.0     i--
> 
> But:
> :; ls -dlh /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang*
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 9 Dec 13 19:36 
> /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Aug 23  2021 
> /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang-115
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Aug 25  2021 
> /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang-116
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 Jun 19 15:21 
> /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang-119
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4 Oct  4 11:24 
> /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang-120
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 5 Dec 14 12:47 
> /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg/developer%2Fgolang-121
> 
> So, no directory was removed when package is removed! That explains 15 
> GB in /var/pkg/publisher/ directory.
> 
> If no one else have this problem, then it is not bug, but something else
> Regards

Yes, this is me (somehow):

I was executing "pfexec pkg update -vn" every morning to get latest 
packages available (output was send to file, parsed for interesting 
packages, and sent to me per e-mail).

Seems that command downloads packages?
To prove, I did test:

:; cd /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg
:; find . -type f | sort > /tmp/pkg-1.txt
:; pfexec pkg update -vn  # executed at 2023-12-15 10:32:47 CET
:; find . -type f | sort > /tmp/pkg-2.txt
:; diff /tmp/pkg-2.txt /tmp/pkg-1.txt | wc -l
770

So, I got 770 new entries under /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg !!!

Example:
:; ls -hld ./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/* | wc -l
891

:; ls -hld ./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/* | tail -5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46K Dec 11 05:00 
./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/0.5.11%2C5.11-2023.0.0.21923%3A20231211T012803Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46K Dec 12 05:00 
./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/0.5.11%2C5.11-2023.0.0.21925%3A20231212T013240Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46K Dec 13 19:35 
./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/0.5.11%2C5.11-2023.0.0.21925%3A20231213T011458Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46K Dec 14 05:00 
./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/0.5.11%2C5.11-2023.0.0.21926%3A20231214T011328Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 46K Dec 15 10:33 
./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/0.5.11%2C5.11-2023.0.0.21928%3A20231215T071813Z

:; du -sh ./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/
41M     ./system%2Fsecurity%2Fkerberos-5/

And so on...

Am I right when assuming that 'pkg update -vn' should NOT _download_ 
packages?

 From 'man pkg':
---<snip>-------
            -n

                Perform a trial run of the operation with no package 
changes made.
---<snip>-------

If answer is yes, then I will open ticket...

Also I assume that I am allowed to remove any package manifest file 
under /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org/pkg what is not installed?

Regards.

P.S: IMHO, seems *pkg* keeps installed package "registry" in this 
structure, under /var/pkg/publisher/openindiana.org:

:; ls -hl catalog/
total 2,0K
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 65 Dec 15 10:33 catalog.attrs -> 
../origins/12dad71d06df371e72f75c488f47c75a13e340d1/catalog.attrs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 66 Dec 15 10:33 catalog.base.C -> 
../origins/12dad71d06df371e72f75c488f47c75a13e340d1/catalog.base.C
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 72 Dec 15 10:33 catalog.dependency.C -> 
../origins/12dad71d06df371e72f75c488f47c75a13e340d1/catalog.dependency.C
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 69 Dec 15 10:33 catalog.summary.C -> 
../origins/12dad71d06df371e72f75c488f47c75a13e340d1/catalog.summary.C

:; ls -hl origins/12dad71d06df371e72f75c488f47c75a13e340d1/
total 346M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  40K Dec 15 09:16 catalog.attrs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7,5M Dec 15 08:29 catalog.base.C
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 310M Dec 15 08:29 catalog.dependency.C
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  29M Dec 15 08:29 catalog.summary.C

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Predrag Zečević