Yes, the build environment is cleaned up after every build. This is
intentional, so you start every build in a clean environment and don't
get caught up in any errors.

However, the downloaded package files are never deleted.

Are you sure you see a re-download or just the extraction?

-Michael

On Thu, 2013-03-07 at 18:38 +0100, Thomas Ebert wrote:
> Hello out there.
> 
> I know most of you are very busy at the moment, but could anybody of you 
> provide an answer of my question?
> ... Is it normal that the build environment is cleaned everytime if you 
> exit from it and start the command "pakfire-builder shell"?
> 
> Regards
> Thomas
> 
> Am 01.03.2013 13:43, schrieb Thomas Ebert:
> > Sorry. I missunderstood the output. Packfire is using local packages 
> > as you described. But what about the build chroot environment. Is it 
> > normal that the build environment is cleaned everytime if you exit 
> > from it and start the command "pakfire-builder shell".
> >
> > Here is the paste from my shell: http://pastebin.com/fKn3UECQ
> >
> > This is my configuration /etc/pakfire/builder.conf
> >
> > [logger]
> >
> > # Use a different log file for the builder stuff.
> > file = /var/log/pakfire-builder.log
> >
> > [builder]
> > # Select the distribution to build for.
> > distro = ipfire3
> >
> > # Use ccache in order to build rebuilds in less time.
> > use_ccache = true
> >
> > # Use icecream in order to speed up builds.
> > use_icecream = false
> >
> > # Create build environments in a tmpfs.
> > # This requires a lot of RAM.
> > # Only enable if you know what your are doing.
> > #use_tmpfs = false
> >
> > # Create loop devices in build environment.
> > #use_loop_devices = true
> >
> > Regards
> 
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