Re: Bug#652275: Guided partitioning should not offer separate /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions; leave that to manual partitioning
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 06:48:53PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Josh Triplett <josh@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. :)
To be honest, I've always found apt's inability to manage its
cache without manual intervention somewhat annoying. It should
be perfectly capable of pruning its own cache rather than
pointlessly filling up /var with thousands of downloaded
packages. I'm surprised it doesn't automatically remove
outdated .debs when you update, and require special configuration
not to do that.
Regards,
Roger
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