| Bug #80752 | Installer uses indiscriminate amount of disk space | ||
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| Submitted: | 15 Mar 2016 15:31 | Modified: | 4 Apr 2016 12:51 |
| Reporter: | Peter Laursen (Basic Quality Contributor) | Email Updates: | |
| Status: | Verified | Impact on me: | |
| Category: | MySQL for Windows: Installer | Severity: | S3 (Non-critical) |
| Version: | any | OS: | Windows |
| Assigned to: | CPU Architecture: | Any | |
[15 Mar 2016 15:36]
Peter Laursen
corrected synopsis.
[15 Mar 2016 16:43]
MySQL Verification Team
Thank you for the bug report. C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache>ls -la -h total 700M drw-rw-rw- 2 miguel 0 16K 2015-11-17 18:14 . drw-rw-rw- 5 miguel 0 4,0K 2016-03-08 18:21 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 911 2015-10-29 16:38 BUNDLE -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 35M 2015-07-15 05:27 mysql-5.6.26-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 37M 2015-07-15 05:27 mysql-5.6.26-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 35M 2015-09-21 17:33 mysql-5.6.27-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 37M 2015-09-21 17:33 mysql-5.6.27-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 88M 2015-10-12 14:44 mysql-5.7.9-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 92M 2015-10-12 14:44 mysql-5.7.9-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 20M 2015-02-26 20:07 mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 20M 2015-02-26 20:07 mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 8,5M 2015-06-08 19:03 mysql-connector-c++-1.1.6-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 8,9M 2015-06-08 19:03 mysql-connector-c++-1.1.6-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 6,3M 2015-06-25 20:24 mysql-connector-java-gpl-5.1.36.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 6,4M 2015-10-06 19:40 mysql-connector-java-gpl-5.1.37.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 12M 2015-02-24 02:45 mysql-connector-net-6.9.6.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 12M 2015-07-15 09:06 mysql-connector-net-6.9.7.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 13M 2015-10-14 23:47 mysql-connector-net-6.9.8.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 7,0M 2014-06-19 09:35 mysql-connector-odbc-5.3.4-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 7,3M 2014-06-19 09:35 mysql-connector-odbc-5.3.4-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 139K 2015-04-07 12:56 mysql-connector-python-2.0.4-py2.7.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 139K 2015-04-07 12:56 mysql-connector-python-2.0.4-py3.3.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 139K 2015-04-07 12:56 mysql-connector-python-2.0.4-py3.4.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2015-09-21 19:16 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py2.7-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2015-09-21 19:16 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py2.7-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2015-09-21 19:16 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.3-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2015-09-21 19:16 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.3-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2015-09-21 19:16 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.4-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2015-09-21 19:16 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.4-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 32M 2015-07-15 05:39 mysql-documents-5.6.26.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 32M 2015-09-21 17:40 mysql-documents-5.6.27.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 33M 2015-10-12 14:54 mysql-documents-5.7.9.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 808K 2015-07-15 05:40 mysql-examples-5.6.26.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 808K 2015-09-21 17:47 mysql-examples-5.6.27.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 836K 2015-10-12 15:00 mysql-examples-5.7.9.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,6M 2015-03-05 19:25 mysql-for-excel-1.3.4.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,7M 2015-10-22 17:16 mysql-for-excel-1.3.5.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 11M 2014-07-25 19:19 mysql-for-visualstudio-1.2.3.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 9,1M 2015-07-24 20:08 mysql-for-visualstudio-1.2.4.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 9,4M 2015-10-29 16:20 mysql-for-visualstudio-1.2.5.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 1,5M 2014-09-04 02:05 mysql-notifier-1.1.6.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 4,5M 2015-02-27 07:57 mysql-utilities-1.5.4-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 4,7M 2015-02-27 07:57 mysql-utilities-1.5.4-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 4,5M 2015-09-15 18:00 mysql-utilities-1.5.6-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 4,7M 2015-09-15 18:00 mysql-utilities-1.5.6-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 23M 2015-06-16 17:09 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.4-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 26M 2015-06-16 17:09 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.4-winx64.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 25M 2015-10-18 03:09 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.5-win32.msi -rw-rw-rw- 1 miguel 0 28M 2015-10-18 03:09 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.5-winx64.msi C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache>
[4 Apr 2016 12:51]
Peter Laursen
But it has no "repair" option - see http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=74544. So why keep the files at all?
[12 May 2016 17:39]
Javier Rivera Zavala
Posted by developer: This is not a bug, however it would be treated as an enhancement request.
[15 Aug 2016 16:53]
Javier Rivera Zavala
Posted by developer:
The severity is being downgraded to 3 because this problem has a workaround and its very simple, you just need to open the product cache folder in the windows explorer ("%Programdata%\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache\") and select which files are to be deleted or delete the whole "Product Cache" folder.
[11 Feb 2021 12:43]
Yoshiaki Yamasaki
I experienced this problem too. There is a workaround, but I want you to delete the unnecessary files without caching them.
[1 Jan 2022 19:32]
Luuk V
I just remove 3.41 Gb, which increases free space on my C: drive...
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 0A26-7955
Directory of C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache
24-10-2021 14:02 <DIR> .
24-10-2021 13:32 <DIR> ..
07-10-2019 19:05 641 BUNDLE
30-09-2019 09:59 115.707.904 mysql-5.7.28-win32.msi
30-09-2019 09:59 123.568.128 mysql-5.7.28-winx64.msi
30-05-2019 09:34 134.205.440 mysql-8.0.16-winx64.msi
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12-05-2021 18:11 44.257.280 mysql-workbench-community-8.0.25-winx64.msi
116 File(s) 3.664.962.177 bytes
Total Files Listed:
116 File(s) 3.664.962.177 bytes
2 Dir(s) 30.844.878.848 bytes free
Description: The MySQL Installer for Windows seems to have has a (disk) cache of 'plain' .msi installers of everything that has been possible to have installed by the installer. It grows forever and old file are not deleted. On my Win10 partition there are now 1GB+ of old files that will never be used. This Win10 partition was started by end of September 2015 only. 1 GB in 6 months ==is_equivalent_to==> 10 GB in 5 years (what is a reasonable expected lifetime of a Windows system partition IMO). This indiscriminate disk usage for storing unused and outdated files is unacceptable. How to repeat: C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache>dir Volume in drive C is Win10 Volume Serial Number is 0805-A57A Directory of C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache 15-03-2016 15:54 <DIR> . 15-03-2016 15:54 <DIR> .. 30-10-2015 01:38 911 BUNDLE 22-09-2015 18:52 41.164.800 mysql-5.5.46-win32.msi 22-09-2015 18:52 43.201.024 mysql-5.5.46-winx64.msi 08-12-2015 11:30 43.205.120 mysql-5.5.47-winx64.msi 07-02-2016 11:14 43.209.216 mysql-5.5.48-winx64.msi 22-09-2015 03:33 36.531.712 mysql-5.6.27-win32.msi 22-09-2015 03:33 38.626.304 mysql-5.6.27-winx64.msi 08-12-2015 11:30 38.391.808 mysql-5.6.28-winx64.msi 07-02-2016 11:14 38.477.824 mysql-5.6.29-winx64.msi 08-12-2015 11:31 95.817.728 mysql-5.7.10-winx64.msi 07-02-2016 11:14 96.256.000 mysql-5.7.11-winx64.msi 13-10-2015 00:44 91.619.328 mysql-5.7.9-win32.msi 13-10-2015 00:44 95.576.064 mysql-5.7.9-winx64.msi 09-06-2015 04:03 8.824.832 mysql-connector-c++-1.1.6-win32.msi 09-06-2015 04:03 9.303.040 mysql-connector-c++-1.1.6-winx64.msi 27-02-2015 05:07 19.984.896 mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-win32.msi 27-02-2015 05:07 20.808.192 mysql-connector-c-6.1.6-winx64.msi 26-06-2015 05:24 6.591.488 mysql-connector-java-gpl-5.1.36.msi 07-10-2015 05:40 6.664.704 mysql-connector-java-gpl-5.1.37.msi 15-07-2015 19:06 12.177.408 mysql-connector-net-6.9.7.msi 15-10-2015 09:47 12.607.488 mysql-connector-net-6.9.8.msi 19-06-2014 18:35 7.335.936 mysql-connector-odbc-5.3.4-win32.msi 19-06-2014 18:35 7.552.512 mysql-connector-odbc-5.3.4-winx64.msi 07-04-2015 21:56 142.336 mysql-connector-python-2.0.4-py2.7.msi 07-04-2015 21:56 142.336 mysql-connector-python-2.0.4-py3.3.msi 07-04-2015 21:56 142.336 mysql-connector-python-2.0.4-py3.4.msi 22-09-2015 05:16 1.515.520 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py2.7-win32.msi 22-09-2015 05:16 1.566.208 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py2.7-winx64.msi 22-09-2015 05:16 1.516.032 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.3-win32.msi 22-09-2015 05:16 1.566.208 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.3-winx64.msi 22-09-2015 05:16 1.516.032 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.4-win32.msi 22-09-2015 05:16 1.566.208 mysql-connector-python-2.1.3-py3.4-winx64.msi 22-09-2015 19:00 28.712.960 mysql-documents-5.5.46.msi 22-09-2015 03:40 33.554.432 mysql-documents-5.6.27.msi 13-10-2015 00:54 33.558.528 mysql-documents-5.7.9.msi 22-09-2015 19:06 827.392 mysql-examples-5.5.46.msi 22-09-2015 03:47 827.392 mysql-examples-5.6.27.msi 13-10-2015 01:00 856.064 mysql-examples-5.7.9.msi 06-03-2015 04:25 1.617.920 mysql-for-excel-1.3.4.msi 23-10-2015 02:16 1.695.744 mysql-for-excel-1.3.5.msi 25-07-2015 06:08 9.469.952 mysql-for-visualstudio-1.2.4.msi 30-10-2015 01:20 9.805.824 mysql-for-visualstudio-1.2.5.msi 04-09-2014 11:05 1.560.576 mysql-notifier-1.1.6.msi 16-09-2015 04:00 4.677.632 mysql-utilities-1.5.6-win32.msi 16-09-2015 04:00 4.837.376 mysql-utilities-1.5.6-winx64.msi 17-06-2015 02:09 24.117.248 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.4-win32.msi 17-06-2015 02:09 27.025.408 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.4-winx64.msi 18-10-2015 12:09 25.468.928 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.5-win32.msi 18-10-2015 12:09 28.418.048 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.5-winx64.msi 15-12-2015 15:58 28.426.240 mysql-workbench-community-6.3.6-winx64.msi 50 File(s) 1.089.059.215 bytes 2 Dir(s) 46.888.325.120 bytes free C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Installer for Windows\Product Cache> Some of those files were never used actually (for instance I have never installed the J-, C++ nor Python connector and also not MySQL for Excel) Suggested fix: Clean up old and unused files. If the Installer needs local access to currently installed program and connector versions (in order to 'repair' or whatever) that is OK, but keep only those it needs. Alternatively provide an interface in the Installer for user to do manually.