Re: [Evolution] Safety of removing .cache files

[Zan Lynx <zlynx acm org>]

On 1/1/21 1:25 PM, Andre Klapper via evolution-list wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-01-01 at 12:18 -0700, Zan Lynx wrote:
> On 12/31/20 5:19 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > It's always safe to remove cached files. Evo will just recreate them
> > if
> > needed. Just be sure that Evo isn't running when you do it.
>
> That is quite a caveat to add on there.
>
> Evolution has so many small daemon pieces that it is almost impossible
> to tell if it is "running" and nearly impossible to prevent it from running.
>
> No. It's easily possible not to run Evolution: Just don't start it.

Yeah, right. I know for a fact that these Evolution data server bits 
will access data when you least expect it. I just haven't looked 
recently to see what particular data is used.

> You seem to mix up two very different things:
> Evolution and evolution-data-server.
>
> I don't use Evolution on this Ubuntu machine. I've never configured it.
>
> Then I wonder what brings you to this mailing list...

I have used Evolution in the past. I've even done development on it. 
Mostly bug fixes and attempts at bug fixes. Trying to make Evolution 
work for a linux-kernel virtual folder without becoming completely 
confused or crashing with a 3 GB memory leak, for example.

Or trying to batch edit a bunch of downloaded email using Perl scripts.

> And yet there are four /usr/libexec/evolution-* processes running. If
> you kill one DBUS semi-randomly restarts it.
>
> First there were "so many small daemon pieces". Now there are only four?
> I can't make much sense out of this conversation so far.

Yeah I think I recognize your name from past conversations and you never 
have been willing to understand other people's problems.

If you actually know for a fact that the cache files will only by 
touched by the Evolution GUI client then just say so.

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