On 2008-12-06 15:50 +0100, Daniel Burrows wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 05:48:09AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say:
>> Unlike apt-get's
>> 
>>        --list-cleanup
>>            This option defaults to on, use --no-list-cleanup to turn it off. 
>> When on apt-get will automatically manage
>>            the contents of /var/lib/apt/lists to ensure that obsolete files 
>> are erased. The only reason to turn it off
>>            is if you frequently change your source list. Configuration Item: 
>> APT::Get::List-Cleanup.
>> 
>> aptitude has no facility for cleaning up /var/lib/apt/lists/partial.
>> 
>> It will just fill up with diffs until one day the partition is full.
>
>   Have you actually observed this, or are you just drawing inferences
> from the documentation?  I've never seen it, probably because aptitude
> cleans that directory every time you run "aptitude update".

It does not do this here, I observe the same problem as jidanni.

Sven



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