Options to limit size requires cpanm to calculate the directory size
before or after the installation and it'll make the script so slow,
which is exactly what happens with CPAN.pm (configurable, but by
default).
Keeping the work directory and symlink to the latest-build like it
does is useful especially when configure/build fails, as well as to
keep track of what configure option was used. Cleaning up can be done
with a simple `rm -fr ~/.cpanm/work` command.
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Justin Case via RT
<bug-App-cpanminus@rt.cpan.org> wrote:
Show quoted text> Tue Jul 13 19:43:50 2010: Request 59334 was acted upon.
> Transaction: Ticket created by justincase
> Queue: App-cpanminus
> Subject: clean up work directory
> Broken in: (no value)
> Severity: (no value)
> Owner: Nobody
> Requestors: justincase@yopmail.com
> Status: new
> Ticket <URL:
https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=59334 >
>
>
> My work directory has grown to severy hundred MBs and I don't see an
> option to limit size. Is there a need to keep any of that around?
>
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Tatsuhiko Miyagawa
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