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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 01:19:29PM +0100, Johannes Ring wrote:
> On Tue, February 10, 2009 13:18, Johan Hake wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 February 2009 13:12:37 Johannes Ring wrote:
> >> On Fri, January 23, 2009 10:32, Johan Hake wrote:
> >> > On Friday 23 January 2009 10:09:12 Martin Sandve Alnæs wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Johannes Ring <johannr@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > On Thu, January 22, 2009 19:10, Johan Hake wrote:
> >> >> >> On Thursday 22 January 2009 17:02:41 A Navaei wrote:
> >> >> >>> Johan,
> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >>> Thanks, instant-clean did the trick! Maybe this should be somehow
> >> >> >>> automated.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Yes, I have thought about it.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Is it possible to add a call to instant-clean in the install
> >> script
> >> >>
> >> >> of
> >> >>
> >> >> >> the ffc
> >> >> >> and dolfin packages Johannes?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Yes, it is possible to add post installation scripts to the FFC and
> >> >> > DOLFIN packages (and perhaps Instant) that runs instant-clean.
> >> Should
> >> >>
> >> >> I
> >> >>
> >> >> > add this?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Johannes
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you add it to SyFi as well please? But we don't want this in
> >> >> development versions though, we should at least have an option
> >> >> to avoid it.
> >> >
> >> > I think it will be sufficient to add the automatic cleaning in the
> >> ubuntu
> >> > scripts.
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I had to remove the post installation scripts that did the automatic
> >> cleaning of the Instant cache as it is not very nice (security vise) to
> >> remove files from a users home directory without the users permission
> >> (drift told me). This should be solved at a different level, not by the
> >> Ubuntu packages.
> >
> > Ok, sounds reasonable.
> >
> > I do not think this will bring any compatability problems for ubuntu
> > users,
> > with the recently added swig checks.
> 
> Ok, good.
> 
> Johannes

The only problem is the Instant cache might start to fill up, but that
might happen even with a single installation and solving lots of
different models (or even a single complex model).

Maybe at some point, Instant can issue a warning if the cache grows
out of proportions.

-- 
Anders

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