On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:26:21PM +0100, Nuno Magalhães wrote:
> Agreed, yet there's a techical question in there. What's your take? I
> usually run apt-get autoremove and orphaner, clear /var/log stuff and
> /var/cache/apt as well; yet i always do have the feeling that my /
> oughta be smaller. I
I'm not sure if this post is serious, but assuming that it is:
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 09:22:12AM +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
> Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)
> $ man cruft
> cruft - Check the filesystem for cruft (missing and unexplained fil
On 2009-Apr-24, at 5:20 AM, Klistvud wrote:
Your parallel with "unregistered aliens" is extremely malaprop, even
more so in the context of an
operating system that professes to be the _universal_ operating
system.
Almost every country defines a legal immigration process and considers
peop
> From: Klistvud [mailto:quotati...@aliceadsl.fr]
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:28 AM
> Subject: Re: Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)
>
> Dne, 24. 04. 2009 13:26:21 je Nuno Magalhães napisal(a):
> > Agreed, yet there's a techical question in
Question: do all packages pass the piuparts tests yet, in that they
don't leave a residue behind? If we are to name names then those who do
not pass piuparts are it.
Then there are those that create files at other times during their
lifespan that piuparts wouldn't catch.
Then there's the pre-piup
> Is there an option to autoremove unused files?
deborphan can be used to remove packages that were installed
for dependencies alone and are no longer needed.
http://www.debian-administration.org/article/Removing_unnecessary_packages_with_deborphan
apt-get and aptitude both have simila
jida...@jidanni.org wrote:
> Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)
> $ man cruft
> cruft - Check the filesystem for cruft (missing and unexplained files)
>
> Mainly I'm talking about those unexplained files. Even just
> # cruft -d /
> will probably
Dne, 24. 04. 2009 13:26:21 je Nuno Magalhães napisal(a):
> > Your parallel with "unregistered aliens" is extremely malaprop,
> even
> > more so in the context of an
> > operating system that professes to be the _universal_ operating
> system.
> > I like to think it was just an (unwitty) attempt at
> Your parallel with "unregistered aliens" is extremely malaprop, even
> more so in the context of an
> operating system that professes to be the _universal_ operating system.
> I like to think it was just an (unwitty) attempt at being "funny"?
Agreed, yet there's a techical question in there. Wha
Dne, 24. 04. 2009 03:22:12 je jida...@jidanni.org napisal(a):
> Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)
> $ man cruft
> cruft - Check the filesystem for cruft (missing and unexplained
> files)
>
> Mainly I'm talking about those unexplained files.
Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)
$ man cruft
cruft - Check the filesystem for cruft (missing and unexplained files)
Mainly I'm talking about those unexplained files. Even just
# cruft -d /
will probably produce tons of output on any system that has been under
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