#28352 - stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Subject: Re: bug#28352: stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0
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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

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#28352 stale cache in ~/.cache/gstreamer-1.0