On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 06:53:47AM +0900, Ishikawa wrote: > Anyway, regarding the file space detection, the most likely culprit would > be the usage under /var/cache/apt. (Ordinary users tend to forget to run > apt-get autoclean from time to time [another warning candidate...]), and > so /var/cache/apt can fill up over time.)
This is true, and it is a regrettable side effect of the popularity of the command-line tool "apt-get". This tool is not a full-featured frontend to the package management system, and so does not provide a "friendly" interface which asks the user about things like cleaning /var/cache/apt. Ordinary users should probably be using aptitude, or (if they have a taste for that sort of thing) dselect. -- - mdz
