Bug#873689: apt: create a clean-update command

2017-08-30 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 08:55:19AM +0200, Cedric BRINER wrote: > Hi, I'm looking for a way to suppress the data stored by the command apt > update. The obvious question is: Why? What is the goal you are trying to achieve? You mention later apt-mirror troubleshooting, but that seems rather weak: It

Bug#873689: apt: create a clean-update command

2017-08-29 Thread Cedric BRINER
Package: apt Version: 1.5~beta2 Severity: wishlist Hi, I'm looking for a way to suppress the data stored by the command apt update. It would be nice to have something like "apt clean-update". As this was missing, I was running : rm -r /var/cache/apt/ /var/lib/apt/lists. But it would be easier an