Dale Morris wrote: > this is an easy one, /var was being filled by apt-cache and cleaned up by > running apt-get clean
Actually, /var/cache/apt is both filled and cleaned by apt-get. As I understand it, apt-cache is for querying and manipulating the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists. And yes, whoever named the apt utilties needs to be slapped. My favorite example of their poor naming is using apt-get to remove a package. That's a bit like using the start button in Windows to shutdown the system. And isn't it funny that there's no "apt" binary? You'd think that with a tool named "apt" the actually frontend would be named "apt" also. Oh well. I didn't write it and I'm not contributing code, so I guess I can't complain too much.
