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Micah89

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Registered: 2011-05-01

Posts: 29

[Solved] paccache error

Hi, i was trying to make use of paccache utility issuing:

paccache -rv

Unfortunately i get following error:

paccache -rv
==> Privilege escalation required
root /usr/bin/paccache: line 134: /bin/su: Argument list too long

Anyone knows how to solve this? or am i doing something wrong?

Thank you!!

Last edited by Micah89 (2013-02-17 14:32:20)

Micah89

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Registered: 2011-05-01

Posts: 29

Re: [Solved] paccache error

Ok, i understand what happened. In reality the argument was too long for the rm command, so basically you have to start prunning
packages "slowly" (-k with a high value) until you reach the desired value .

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: [Solved] paccache error

I wonder if it can be considered a bug in paccache. Care to open a bug report / ask on the IRC / ML?

Micah89

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Registered: 2011-05-01

Posts: 29

Re: [Solved] paccache error

According to pacman's mailing list that has already been taken care of .