On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 03:06:45PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On 7 May 2000, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Bruce Sass <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The same doc says nothing about the size of /var, except that it varies; > > > it would be nice to at least have a minimum and an idea of the variance. > > > > Well, /var needs to be huge because apt-get downloads to there and > > isn't clever enough to download/install/flush to fit the size of the > > parititon. > > Ok, does that place the reasonable estimate of a minimum recommended > size for /var at... `du -sm /var` after a fresh install and "apt-get > upgrade", or should it be double that number (to account for a future > `dist-upgrade' worst case overhead)?
Hello, ... i think it would be best to incite the user to make a separate partition for /var/cache or even /var/cache/apt, since apt-get filling the var partition can break lot of stuff, as i have discovered (and i have a 512MB big /var partition). apt-get fills it quickly, ... Friendly, Sven LUTHER -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
