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[Kent Andre <kent-and@xxxxxxxxx>]

On ti., 2009-02-10 at 13:31 +0100, Anders Logg wrote:
> 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.
> 

Agree! 

Martin has already added this to the TODO list and we will hopefully
look into it pretty soon. 

Kent