Am 20.10.2014 23:42 schrieb "Arthur Marsh" <arthur.ma...@internode.on.net>: > > Package: apt > Version: 1.0.9.3 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > > Unknown, but tens of gigabytes of files accumulated in /var/cache/apt/archives > > apt-cache autoclean would abort on dangling symlinks, leaving obsolete .deb > files in the cache. > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > > I repeatedly ran cleanlinks and then apt-cache autoclean to remove > dangling symlinks and obsolete .deb files from the cache. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > apt-cache autoclean (and its aptitude equivalent) should remove dangling > symlinks rather than aborting when it encounters them.
How did you even get symlinks in there?
