yocto-advanced: add more sstate-cache management techniques

It is possible to use atime (if enabled) to remove old sstate cache entries. Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <[email protected]>
bootlin · Dec 14, 2023 · 60e9f9a · 60e9f9a
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diff --git a/slides/yocto-advanced/yocto-advanced.tex b/slides/yocto-advanced/yocto-advanced.tex
@@ -362,11 +362,18 @@ \subsection{The power of BitBake}
       defaults to \code{build/sstate-cache}.
     \item Over time, as you compile more recipes, it can grow quite
       big. It is possible to clean old data with:
-      \begin{block}{}
-        \begin{minted}[fontsize=\footnotesize]{console}
-$ ../poky/scripts/sstate-cache-management.sh -y -d \
-  --cache-dir=sstate-cache/
-        \end{minted}
-      \end{block}
+      \begin{itemize}
+        \item \begin{block}{}
+          \begin{minted}[fontsize=\footnotesize]{console}
+  $ ../poky/scripts/sstate-cache-management.sh -y -d \
+    --cache-dir=sstate-cache/
+          \end{minted}
+        \end{block}
+        \item \begin{block}{}
+          \begin{minted}[fontsize=\footnotesize]{console}
+  $ find sstate-cache/ -type f -atime +15 -delete
+          \end{minted}
+        \end{block}
+      \end{itemize}
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}