On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 02:23:40PM +0200, Andreas Janssen wrote: > I installed approx 2.7.0 from unstable today. gc_approx is still not > working properly. Instead of just trying to remove packages with ~ in > the version, it now tries to remove other files as well.
Is it still removing files with '~' also, or is this a different problem? > One of the files it tries to remove is: > > /var/cache/approx/multimedia/pool/main/m/mplayer-blue/mplayer-skin-blue_1.5-0.5_all.deb > > The Packages.bz2 file in my approx cache says: > > Filename: pool/main/m/mplayer-blue/mplayer-skin-blue_1.5-0.5_all.deb > > apt-cache policy mplayer-skin-blue says: > > mplayer-skin-blue: > Installed: 1.5-0.5 > Candidate: 1.5-0.5 > Version table: > *** 1.5-0.5 0 > 1001 http://sirius etch/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Strange -- I have the same file in my cache, and it's not being flagged for removal. > Additionally, gc_approx also tries to remove some Packages files, > although they are still available on the server: > > /var/cache/approx/security/dists/etch/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 > /var/cache/approx/security/dists/etch/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 > /var/cache/approx/security/dists/etch/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 > > Currently no packages from this source are in the cache, is this the > reason? approx should still keep the Packages files. The only reason that I can think of for removing Packages files is if there is a newer variant, like a Packages.gz, in the same directory. Can you check if that's the case? If the files haven't been removed yet, could you run gc_approx -k -v and send me the output? The -v will give some indication of why it's being removed (checksum mismatch, etc.) Also, you might want to remove the /etc/cron.weekly/approx job, if you can spare the disk space for a while. > Please reopen this bug. I think it's a different problem, so I've moved this to a new bug # for now. Thanks for testing approx, and sorry for the inconvenience. -- Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
