Specifically this occurs when a 404 for a particularly repo (i.e. vivid not available in a PPA). Then a second apt-get update causes the /partial dir to fill up until my root is full (18gb).
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1448684 Title: /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is full Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: After i upgraded to Ubuntu 15.04, my disk space become zero.....Surprised. After analysing the disk space, found /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is full. i removed two heaviest file manually. system became normal after that. The same thing i hdd repeated in the next day. I hope some daily update is eating my disk space. I request a support ASAP. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1448684/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp