On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 09:49:06PM +0000, cj wrote:
> In article <20141116145722.GC21287@platypus.pepperfish.net>,
> Rob Kendrick <rjek@netsurf-browser.org> wrote:
> > Currently, if NetSurf crashes (or your computer does) without
> > quitting cleanly, newly-created cached items will be "leaked"; ie
> > they will not be stored in the index which is written out on exit.
>
> Ahhh - that could explain it. My machines normally run 24/7, and the
> only time Netsurf is quit is when I move to the most recent version,
> which may be a week or more between upgrades. I do get the occasional
> crash of Netsurf, so it could be that a week or more of cache
> contents is not being indexed.
This does sound like it may be the cause then. A solution (ie,
detection of an unclean exit and thus a garbage collection and index
rebuild etc) is on the to do list.
Sadly I think the only solution at the moment however is to empty the
whole cache directory manually.
B.
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