On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 18:56, Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 06:48:53PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> writes: >> >> > I disagree; I think it leads to a significant burden. Having /var >> > separate requires pre-determining an appropriate size for it, and that >> > will vary wildly between systems. At a minimum it needs enough space >> > for /var/cache/apt, which can grow to many gigabytes. Servers with mail >> >> Dude, run apt-get autoclean in cron daily. :) > > packages. I'm surprised it doesn't automatically remove > outdated .debs when you update, and require special configuration > not to do that.
As you seem to know the one-size-fits-all sane default for the functionality implemented in apt's own cronscript, please report a wishlist with these values and i am sure we will be happy to incorporate it. And please provide a valid email address in this report so we can forward all messages complaining about these new default to you. While looking forward to your bugreport, Best regards David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/caaz6_fdtctf8vzg3eft9inozer1h5fhfnvm8h37lnmgk2yc...@mail.gmail.com
