On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 01:20:15PM -0200, Otavio Salvador wrote: >>> var/cache/apt var/lib/apt var/lib/dpkg Removing these directories >>> from the chroot does not work, since the chroot is also used for >>> installing tools and removing the administrative directories of >>> apt and dpkg breaks those installations. Excluding them when >>> running mksquashfs does not have that problem. >> >> ...unless you want to apt-get install something while the system is >> running. I call "apt-get clean" instead, which at least gets rid >> of the .debs. > > But it doesn't get rid of database and others. Besides, > /var/lib/dpkg drops the scripts, list and like used by dpkg that > also use a lot of space on the final system. > > This is specific for special purpose images but it's indeed a nice > option to have available.
Granted. I merely wished to point out mention the flipside of the simple exclusion method.
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