just to point out again automatic removal of old .deb's can lead to more
hassle if you need to roll back to the previous version.....test....then
clean.....
;)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sander Smeenk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "David Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: /var/cache/apt/archives
> Quoting David Wright ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>
> > I'm relatively new to Debian, and I just discovered that I have
> > accumulated over 1G of .deb's in /var/cache/apt/archives. Can the
> > contents of this directory be regularly wiped? Why isn't their a cron
> > job to do this by default -- does one loose something?
>
> You can best run apt-get autoclean, it removes all .deb files that are
> no longer on your system, or whose version is older than the one
> currently installed.
>
> Also you can edit/create a file in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ called 99local
> which holds the following:
>
> DSelect { Clean "auto" }
>
> to do the cleaning automaticaly after each time you use apt.
>
> Regards,
> Sander.
>
> --
> | "I'm going to destroy you ... but first, I have to scratch my leg ...
> | HEY!!! YOU GAVE ME THE WRONG SCRIPT!!!!"
> | -- Buttercup
>
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