* Tony van der Hoff <t...@vanderhoff.org> [2015-09-01 14:17 +0200]: > On this jessie box I have started to see /var/lib/apt/lists/partial > gradually filling the entire 2.7 GiB /var partition with hundreds of > smallish files. Google show some results for a similar, but not > identical problem for Ubuntu but I can't find anything matching this. > > This problem has developed over the last few days. > > A partial directory listing is attached (to circumvent wrapping). > > Can anyone suggest a remedy to this problem, please?
Try # apt-get clean From apt-get(8): clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. It removes everything but the lock file from /var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/. So after an apt-get update /var/lib/apt/lists/partial should be recharged at least to zero size. Elimar -- Learned men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountainheads ;-)
