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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-07-21 17:02:19 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-07-21 17:03:25 +0200
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publish: Make the cache eviction policy less aggressive.
Suggested by Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>.

* guix/scripts/publish.scm (nar-expiration-time): New procedure.
(render-narinfo/cached): Use it as the #:entry-expiration passed to
'maybe-remove-expired-cache-entries'.
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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
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@@ -6960,7 +6960,8 @@ guarantee that the store items it provides will indeed remain available
 for as long as @var{ttl}.
 
 Additionally, when @option{--cache} is used, cached entries that have
-not been accessed for @var{ttl} may be deleted.
+not been accessed for @var{ttl} and that no longer have a corresponding
+item in the store, may be deleted.
 
 @item --nar-path=@var{path}
 Use @var{path} as the prefix for the URLs of ``nar'' files