On Sat, 2 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. (Out of curiosity) is there any way to specify the server apt-get uses? > Are > we just out of luck if the default one goes down?
/etc/apt/sources.list (man 5 sources.list) > 2. Could I make a symlink from /var/cache/apt/archives to another > drive/partition with more space and let it keep the cached archives there? Of course. > 3. If apt retrieves a newer version of a package and stores it as usual in the > archives directory, does it delete the older one? or does that directory grow > without limit? Nope, it doesn't delete the older ones. However, apt-get clean will clear out the directory (in fact, the dselect method does this after a completely successfuly install run). This may change in future versions, we've been working on getting it to install everything correctly before worrying about the smaller stuff :) -- Scott K. Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]