* Christian Seiler <christ...@iwakd.de> [170813 18:59]: > (Setting reply-to to debian-devel@ only as I don't think this > should continue on debian-dpkg@ and deity@) > > On 08/14/2017 12:29 AM, Marvin Renich wrote: > > * Christian Seiler <christ...@iwakd.de> [170813 13:19]: > >> On 08/13/2017 07:11 PM, Peter Silva wrote: > >>>> apt by default automatically deletes packages files after a successful > >>>> install, > >>> > >>> I don't think it does that. > >> > >> The "apt" command line tool doesn't, but traditional "apt-get" does, as > >> does "aptitude". This was documented in the release notes of Jessie and > >> the changelog of the APT package when the "apt" wrapper was introduced. > > > > This differs from my experience. My laptop's /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > directory has 3459 .deb files. I use aptitude almost exclusively, and I > > update several times a week. > > Erm, rereading my text, I misspoke a bit, I meant the opposite of > what I said: > > - apt-get / aptitude leave /var/cache/apt/archives lying around > - apt doesn't
Thanks. My system isn't completely backwards, then! > > Is there an apt.conf parameter that controls this? [snipped good answers] Thanks. I won't need the apt.conf entry, since it applies to apt, not apt-get and aptitude, but I appreciate your pointing it out. ...Marvin
