Public bug reported: Hello This seems to be similar to bug 1050779.
This occurred on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS. apt-get version 0.8.16 compiled 8 Oct 2014. I have a headless remote webcam server connected via the mobile telephone network. A new file pkgcache.bin.xxxyyy (where xxxyyy are random letters/numbers) is generated each day with the same time stamp (0625 am) and gets added to the /var/cache/apt/ dir. This continues until the entire root partition is full and the server locks up. I understand that this should only happen if apt-get update is run but I don't do that. No one has access to run that command. I do not install any updates on the server once deployed. At present, the server has no connection to the internet, so these files are generated by the software on the server. I receive a daily report emailed from the server. apt-get is not listed as a running process when the report is run at 0730. What is worse is that this problem seems to have started itself. This server has been running since 2014 without issue. It has started to fill up the cache directory in the last 6 months for no obvious reasons. This has caused the server to lock up twice. I am clearing the files with a daily a crontab job to run apt-get clean. I checked the "apt" logs. There are no new entries from when initial installation was done. I have asked for help here : http://askubuntu.com/questions/873241/var-cache-apt-dir-filling-with-daily-pkgcache-bin-xxxyyy-files/873687#873687 without a response. ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1658027 Title: pkgcache.bin.<random> files fill up drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1658027/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
