Re: Return a Debian system to a pristine state
On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 15:38 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Sb, 30 mai 20, 10:27:14, Tixy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2020-05-30 at 08:06 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > On Sb, 30 mai 20, 10:51:37, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> > > > John Hasler wrote:
> > > > > Perhaps what you want is something which will tell you which
> > > > > programs
> > > > > have gone unused for the longest time.
> > > >
> > > > That would be nice too.
> > >
> > > As already mentioned, the package popularity-contest does that,
> > > somewhat.
> >
> > But, if I remember correct, relies on filesystems having file
> > access
> > time-stamping enabled. Which for many years hasn't been the default
> > or
> > recommended, due to the extra disk accesses required (causing worse
> > performance and SSD wear).
>
> According to mount(8) the default is 'relatime', which in my
> understanding is a compromise, i.e. it should be good enough for
> popularity-contest.
Thanks, that prompted me to look at what relatime actually does (which
I know was the modern default). In my previous readings I'd missed the
fact that atime is updated every 24 hours. So yes, perfectly good for
popularity-contest.
--
Tixy
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