Re: Clearing apt cache just before building root fs image.

[Daniel Baumann <daniel@debian.org>]

Victor Pablos Ceruelo wrote:
> I'm trying to remove apt cache just before building root filesystem,
> but I don't know how to do it.

/var/cache/apt is cleaned automatically.

if you want /var/lib/apt to be cleaned too, use --binary-indices false
(only for live-helper >= 2.0~a6; before it a different meaning).

> I've tried removing them with hook scripts (config/chroot_local-hooks/ dir)
> but after running these scripts it downloads some files
> (so it fails or it downloads again).

they are required to build the image, however, the binary image is
generated before those are installed.

> Is there any way of doing this without using live helper "stripped"
> (any directory where I can put scripts to be run just before building
> root fs)

what's wrong with chroot_local-hooks?

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