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gstreamer-1.0

Package	Source(s)		Maintainer(s)
guix		PTS Buildd Popcon

Reported by Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Date 2017-09-04T21:04:02
Severity normal
Merged with

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Report forwarded to bug-guix@gnu.org:
bug#28352; Package guix. (Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:04:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-guix@gnu.org. (Mon, 04 Sep 2017 21:04:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox, reply):

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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Ricardo

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Information forwarded to bug-guix@gnu.org:
bug#28352; Package guix. (Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:26:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #8 received at 28352@debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> 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.

Indeed, the ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0/registry.x86_64.bin embeds absolute
file names.

Ludo’.

Information forwarded to bug-guix@gnu.org:
bug#28352; Package guix. (Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:45:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Message #11 received at 28352@debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox, reply):

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:
>
>> 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.
>
> 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

Merged 22707 28352. Request was from Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> to control@debbugs.gnu.org. (Thu, 19 Oct 2017 03:42:01 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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