Ignore files in /var/log/scripts and /var/log/packages when using Slackware

[Markus Kanet]

When using a Slackware based linux distribution BleachBit should ignore files in /var/log/packages and /var/log/scripts when deleting temporary files since these directories are part of the Slackware package management.

Files in /var/log/removed_packages and /var/log/removed_scripts can optionally be deleted since they point to already removed packages.

More detailed info can be found here:
https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=7273283

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Accepted for near future release

[Robby Workman (rworkman)]

As a member of the Slackware team, I would prefer that /var/log/{removed_,}{packages,scripts} be left alone entirely, as none of those four directories should contain any "sensitive" information at any point. As already stated in the mailing list thread that preceded this bug report, the {packages,scripts} directories should *never* be wiped, as that effectively breaks the package manager.

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

OK, I'll aim for the next release

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

Fixed in SVN r345 for next release

Patch
http://bleachbit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bleachbit/trunk/bleachbit/Unix.py?r1=274&r2=345&view=patch

[Robby Workman (rworkman)]

Hrm, unless I'm missing something, that's not complete.
We need to exclude the following directories:
/var/log/packages
/var/log/scripts
/var/log/removed_packages
/var/log/removed_scripts

[Andrew Ziem (ahziem1)]

You are right, Robby. Second attempt:
http://bleachbit.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/bleachbit/trunk/bleachbit/Unix.py?r1=274&r2=346&view=patch

[Robby Workman (rworkman)]

That looks good, and I've just applied that to the bleachbit build at SlackBuilds.org:
http://slackbuilds.org/repository/12.2/system/bleachbit/
Fri May 8 03:42:12 UTC 2009
system/bleachbit: Included a patch from upstream to ignore the Slackware
  package manager directories if bleachbit is run as root.
  Thanks to Andrew Ziem for his quick response to this. --rworkman