On 16/11/12 01:21, Tom Roche wrote: <snip>
but I Could Be Wrong: is there anything else I can/should do *with APT* to prevent /var overflow? As noted above, I know I should make my /var partition larger, but for now, that is not feasible.
There Debian release notes have some hints for upgrade: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes See section 4.4.3. Use a usb stick for the apt cache? I ran out of inodes on a Ubuntu system a while back with /var on /. Purging the obsolete kernels, and kernel headers fixed. Good luck, Berni -- "Confidence is what you have before you understand a problem" - Woody Allen