[Sugar-devel] can erasing an activity also erase an activity's /data, /instance, /tmp ?

Martin Abente martin.abente.lahaye at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 19:54:28 EDT 2011


It was also pushed upstream, please check this commit:
ef3a35b7595c543f6d8b6a54e60e6c21e2a37f8f

Guess we still need to know which sugar version he is testing :)

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 8:38 PM, Gary Martin <garycmartin at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for the 'me too' email...
>
> On 29 Mar 2011, at 21:52, Martin Abente <martin.abente.lahaye at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> which version of sugar are you referring to?
>>
>> I am pretty sure we added a patch that removes profile files in 0.88.1
>> and therefore newer versions.
>
> ... but yes, I'm sure there was a mail-list discussion/resolution, specifically relating to a particular Activity that heaped a pile of data in its /data (I think) and was causing kids issues when trying to later free up flash space. Apologies I can't remember more just now, perhaps it was a patch that landed in Dextrose but didn't get pushed upstream?
>
> --Gary
>
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Erik Blankinship <erikb at mediamods.com> wrote:
>>> When I erase an activity in sugar (by right clicking on an activity, then
>>> selecting erase), the activity's  /data, /instance, /tmp directories remain
>>> in ~/.sugar/yadda.yadda.org/
>>> Is there an option to remove or modify these files when an activity is
>>> erased?
>>> (I apologize if this has been brought up before... I searched and nothing
>>> came to the top).
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