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

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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
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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’.




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