Package: apt-proxy
Version: 1.9.33
Severity: normal
Vague:
% man apt-proxy-import | grep -n "files into the"
36: apt-proxy-import imports .deb files into the apt-proxy cache.
...to a novice it's unclear what action the verb 'import' is meant to
signify:
1) copy .debs (two copies on hard drive, needs twice the space)
2) move .debs
3) link .debs
4) symlink .debs
5) create a list, and use it to access the .debs in /var/cache/apt/archives
6) none of the above
Consider this true and negligent example of a cramped system:
% du --bytes /var/cache/apt
896598 /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
1495412710 /var/cache/apt/archives
1514698717 /var/cache/apt
% df | head -n 2
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 7901858 7291991 200210 98% /
Since 1.5 gigs won't fit in 200 megs, then if 'apt-proxy-import'
copies .deb files, that hard drive would fill up.
It would be better if the man page explained what importing does and
how much space that might require.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages apt-proxy depends on:
ii adduser 3.85 Add and remove users and groups
ii bzip2 1.0.3-2 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.71 Debian configuration management sy
ii logrotate 3.7.1-2 Log rotation utility
ii python 2.3.5-5 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-bsddb3 3.3.0-6 Python interface to libdb3
ii python-support 0.1.1 automated rebuilding support for p
ii python-twisted 2.2.0-1 Event-based framework for internet
ii python-twisted-web 0.5.0-3 An HTTP protocol implementation to
ii python2.3 2.3.5-9 An interactive high-level object-o
apt-proxy recommends no packages.
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