Add ability to disable using .cache folder

bascy · September 11, 2020, 12:20pm

The use of the global .cache folder is resulting in numerous “Permission denied” errors when downloading libraries during build (Win10, VSCode, all latest versions).
I have a workaround for this by specifying the cache folder in the platformio.ini like:
cache_dir = .pio/.cache

But it would be nice to have an option to disable the use of this caching all together

maxgerhardt · September 11, 2020, 4:11pm

If the default .cache path is bad, it might be worth to fix it in the core. Please file an issue at GitHub - platformio/platformio-core: A professional collaborative platform for embedded development and describe your Windows setup which results in PIO having problems.

ivankravets · September 11, 2020, 4:41pm

Cache is disabled by default. Do you have any issues?

bascy · September 11, 2020, 8:28pm

If its disabled by default, where can you enable and disable it?

pfeerick · September 12, 2020, 5:36am

If it’s the cache setting that I think it is, it’s actually enabled by default, not disabled.

Use the PIO Terminal (1) to either get the current value (3,4) or set it (2).