Re: /.cache directory

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 27/09/2025 09:09, mick.crane wrote:
> this bookworm, installed I imagine from the net installation with xfce, 
> has it in /
> drwx------   2 root root   4096 Jul 20  2024 .cache

I can confirm that the directory exists in a VM with XFCE installed with 
almost default settings, but it is absent on the host initially 
installed with no DE. I did not save install logs in that VM.

Creating a couple of files with modification timestamps +-1 second 
(touch -d '...') has not revealed anything interesting

find / -mount -newer /tmp/t1 -not -newer /tmp/t2 |
     xargs ls -dgGtr --full-time --

wxrwxrwx 1   12 2022-07-25 04:33:12.349436000 +0000 
/etc/alternatives/cpp -> /usr/bin/cpp
drwx------ 2 4096 2022-07-25 04:33:12.509436000 +0000 /.cache
drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 2022-07-25 04:33:13.537436000 +0000 /etc/X11/xinit

A lot of packages were configured after cpp withing the same second 
accordingly to dpkg.log.

Somebody motivated may try to install minimal base system in a VM and 
may experiment with auditd or inotify monitor while installing 
task-xfce-desktop or more specific packages.