On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 09:50:07AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > Currently, apt's cache is in /usr/var/cache/apt. I would like to move > that back to /var/cache/apt, thanks to new disk space. > > I recall some problems with this when I originally moved it, I think > because some other files had pointers to the location. That was quite > awhile ago. Does anybody know if it is safe to make the switch simply > by editing > Dir { > Cache "/usr/var/cache/apt"; > }; > in apt.conf and mv'ing the files? > > By "problems" I mean that apt starts downloading all the debs again, > seemingly not recognizing that it has them. >
Beside looking at the documentation you might start with only copying the files to the new location, as opposed to moving them. Hopefully this will give you a backup for your repository. I hope it helps. -- "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." -- George Bernard Shaw (sent by shaulk @ actcom . net . il) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]