harsha wrote: > hi, > i had just done a dist-upgrade. but i find that /var/cache/apt/archive > has packages of older versions too. apt-get man page did say that > obselete packages would be replaced. can somebody tell me what i might > be doing wrong? > > deleting the files manually doesn't to be reall attractive. > > a hint as to how to write a script that would identify the files older > that apr 28 would be really nice. tried getting the find command to that > but it has options for files modified not created.
No need for this. apt already has the capability to clean up after itself.
Just run "apt-get autoclean" and all files older than what can still be
downloaded will be removed from the archive directory. Or you can run
"apt-get clean" and *all* of the downloaded packages will be removed from
the archive directory.
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