Question: Remove some packages from prefetching manually

[gary094]

Hello!

I'd like to remove some packages manually by hand because I do no longer need them prefetched, so these packages do not take unnecessary space.

I know that ttl_unaccessed_in_days and ttl_unupdated_in_days exists, however I do not want to change this globally for each package but only for a few selected ones and just one time only.

Would the following be a viable workflow?

• delete from packages where package_name = "package";
• remove package from package cache at /cache/pkgs/archlinux: rm package.pkg.tar.zst and rm package.pkg.tar.zst.sig

[Focshole]

The first option should disable that package from being prefetched in the future, while the second option should simply delete the existing cached package. So, you should probably do both!

[gary094]

Yes sure it was meant to be done like first step delete from database then second step remove package and signature

alright, thanks then I'll try that

[Focshole]

alright, thanks then I'll try that

No problem, did it work?

[gary094]

No problem, did it work?

Well I need to wait until this package gets updated upstream, then I know for sure whether manual removal worked. So far the last few days it has not been prefetched, which is good. Will report back once I'm certain