On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:48:04AM +0100, christophe barbe wrote:
> Thank you to point me to the man command that I already know (-;.
> But you not really answer to my questions.
normally that "man" command pointer just looks like "RTFM" but
you got the long version. (don't you feel special?)
> W
Original Poster: The cache is there so that you can back out failed
upgrades. I have seen several times when a new package broke something
important an older version of the package did correctly. (Example: Mutt,
libiconv, a month ago or so?)
This way, you can use dpkg to downgrade to an older pack
> Thank you to point me to the man command that I already know (-;.
> But you not really answer to my questions.
then you may want to try:
man apt.conf
Yes you can remove them without danger(and with new free space on your hd)
(I think dselect asks you wether to remove them or not)
fred
On Monday 19 March 2001 10:24, christophe barbe wrote:
> Why all downloaded packages are saved in the /var/cache/apt/archives
> directory. Can I delete these file
Thank you to point me to the man command that I already know (-;.
But you not really answer to my questions.
Why are packages kept ?
How can I stop this ? (how to say "stop keeping downloaded packages")
Thank,
Christophe
On lun, 19 mar 2001 10:27:43 Michael Janssen (CS/MATH stud.) wrote:
> In ch
In christophe barbe's email, 19-03-2001:
> Why all downloaded packages are saved in the /var/cache/apt/archives
> directory.
> Can I delete these files ?
> Where can I tell to not keep these file ?
>
> I see only one interest in keeping downloaded files, It' s to download only
> the diff when up
Why all downloaded packages are saved in the /var/cache/apt/archives directory.
Can I delete these files ?
Where can I tell to not keep these file ?
I see only one interest in keeping downloaded files, It' s to download only the
diff when upgrading a package.
But it's not what is done.
Christoph
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