From 2b578eae4e50774dd449282beb287e10b0485cbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Opdenacker Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:56:27 +0100 Subject: dev-manual: how to purge duplicate sstate cache files (From yocto-docs rev: 113400eb47c13617f08b415bc9ddb4526429049c) Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie --- documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst index a4c13ee258..e870cdb545 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/common-tasks.rst @@ -6240,8 +6240,11 @@ Changing the listed common targets is as easy as editing your version of ``conf-notes.txt`` in your custom template configuration directory and making sure you have ``TEMPLATECONF`` set to your directory. +Conserving Disk Space +===================== + Conserving Disk Space During Builds -=================================== +----------------------------------- To help conserve disk space during builds, you can add the following statement to your project's ``local.conf`` configuration file found in @@ -6255,6 +6258,26 @@ building a recipe once the recipe is built. For more information on :ref:`rm_work ` class in the Yocto Project Reference Manual. +Purging Duplicate Shared State Cache Files +------------------------------------------- + +After multiple build iterations, the Shared State (sstate) cache can contain +duplicate cache files for a given package, while only the most recent one +is likely to be reusable. The following command purges all but the +newest sstate cache file for each package:: + + sstate-cache-management.sh --remove-duplicated --cache-dir=build/sstate-cache + +This command will ask you to confirm the deletions it identifies. + +Note:: + + The duplicated sstate cache files of one package must have the same + architecture, which means that sstate cache files with multiple + architectures are not considered as duplicate. + +Run ``sstate-cache-management.sh`` for more details about this script. + Working with Packages ===================== -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf