Re: Selective install using apt-method in dselect

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Kent West wrote:
> Alternatively, could I temporarily mount /var.... on a different partition
> that has more space free?

Better: copy /var/cache/apt it to an empty directory on a partition with
free space, remove /var/cache/apt, and symlink.

> My fstab doesn't reference /var, so I assume /var is a subdirectory of /,
> since a "df /var" shows the same amount free as a "df /". If this is
> indeed the case, why do so many people recommend a small partition (50 -
> 100 MB or so) for / if dselect/apt expects to use that space for
> downloads?

_I'd_ never reccommend a small /var. If you're going to have a small root
partition, you should consider splitting /var and possibly /tmp out into
their own partitions.

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