Re: moving apt's cache

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@actcom.net.il>]

On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 09:50:07AM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> Currently, apt's cache is in /usr/var/cache/apt.  I would like to move
> that back to /var/cache/apt, thanks to new disk space.
> 
> I recall some problems with this when I originally moved it, I think
> because some other files had pointers to the location.  That was quite
> awhile ago.  Does anybody know if it is safe to make the switch simply
> by editing 
> Dir {
> 	Cache "/usr/var/cache/apt";
> };
> in apt.conf and mv'ing the files?
> 
> By "problems" I mean that apt starts downloading all the debs again,
> seemingly not recognizing that it has them.
> 


  Beside looking at the documentation you might start with only copying
the files to the new location, as opposed to moving them. Hopefully this
will give you a backup for your repository.
  I hope it helps.
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