Re: What is /var/apt/cache good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

2017-09-15 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 09/15/2017 06:02 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, i ran apt-get update apt-get dist-ugrade on my Sid VM, one year after the last such run. It announced to need 1.2 GB more of disk space, which is astounding on its own, but in the end it consumed 2.4 GB. When looking for the reason of the

Re: What is /var/apt/cache good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

2017-09-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 03:02:50PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Before i run apt-get commands from the web like "clean" or "autoclean", i'd like to know for what use case Debian keeps this wealth of .deb files. The internet mainly has the story that it grows a lot, for the purpose of

Re: What is /var/apt/cache good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

2017-09-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 03:02:50PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > When looking for the reason of the waste i got to nearly 5 GB of > /var/cache/apt > > Before i run apt-get commands from the web like "clean" or "autoclean", > i'd like to know for what use case Debian keeps this wealth of .deb

What is /var/apt/cache good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

2017-09-15 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i ran apt-get update apt-get dist-ugrade on my Sid VM, one year after the last such run. It announced to need 1.2 GB more of disk space, which is astounding on its own, but in the end it consumed 2.4 GB. When looking for the reason of the waste i got to nearly 5 GB of /var/cache/apt