Move ~/.bpkg to ~/.cache/bpkg?

[nfarrar]

Would it be possible to make dpkg compatible with the XDG standard and move the ~/.bpkg cache to ${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-/.cache}/bpkg? It's really nice when applications conform with the standard, as it helps keep $HOME uncluttered.

[ccarpita]

[redacted -1, misunderstood] Don't really agree that ~/.cache is appropriate, as the binary file is necessary for the operation of the script and not really "cache". Note that you can override the the bpkg install path (I assume .dpkg is a typo) using the PREFIX env variable on install.

[nfarrar]

Sorry, just getting started with bpkg - working on migrating some of my scripts over. To install bpkg, I used the command:

PREFIX=$HOME/.local ./setup.sh

Which installed the bins to ~/.local/bin/<bins>. I noticed at the same time that ~/.bpkg was also created, and when I look in the contents of this directory, I see:

$ tree ~/.bpkg
/home/nfarrar/.bpkg
└── index
    └── github.com
        └── index.txt

2 directories, 1 file

So I assumed this directory was only used for caching the git index data - which seemed like it would be a good candidate for (in compliance with XDG) moving that data into $XDG_CACHE_HOME.

That directory is used for storing other types of data as well?

[ccarpita]

Makes more sense now, sorry about the confusion.

I agree with the sentiment to use XDG_CACHE_HOME to set the cache path for the package index, and would +1 such a PR.

For now, you can work around this by setting BPKG_INDEX to something like $HOME/.cache/.bpkg-index in your call to setup.sh

[nfarrar]

Awesome, thanks!