On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 06:48:53PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> writes: > > > I disagree; I think it leads to a significant burden. Having /var > > separate requires pre-determining an appropriate size for it, and that > > will vary wildly between systems. At a minimum it needs enough space > > for /var/cache/apt, which can grow to many gigabytes. Servers with mail > > Dude, run apt-get autoclean in cron daily. :)
To be honest, I've always found apt's inability to manage its cache without manual intervention somewhat annoying. It should be perfectly capable of pruning its own cache rather than pointlessly filling up /var with thousands of downloaded packages. I'm surprised it doesn't automatically remove outdated .debs when you update, and require special configuration not to do that. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111218175635.gi23...@codelibre.net
