paccache -r got me about the same

I’m aware, but thank you. This post was intended to be a guide for people that end up in this situation.

I’m aware. Any local storage wouldn’t do much about a poorly aimed rm, though.

100%. The organization wasn’t there yet and seeing that I wanted to remain employed at the time I wasn’t going to put up a fight against management 3 layers above me. Legacy business are a different beast when it comes to dumb stuff like that.