Re: [PATCH 0/5] Remove /var/cache from volatiles directory

Burton, Ross
2013-02-04T18:07:32Z

On 4 February 2013 17:47, Phil Blundell <pb@pbcl.net> wrote:
> For example, an (admittedly somewhat unscientific) survey on my desktop
> machine suggests that fontconfig, samba and cups, at least, are creating
> files in /var/cache at run time with contents that you wouldn't be able
> to predict in advance

The fontconfig cache is perfectly capable of generation at image
creation time, and that's actually what prompted removal of /var/cache
from volatiles.

If samba and cups are using /var/cache as something that isn't a
persistent cache, then the should use something like /var/run/
instead.

Ross