On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:53:19 +0200, Maurits van Rees writes: >> Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of >> space for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any >> package? I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). >That man page has something that comes close (but not quite): > >Cache-Limit > APT uses a fixed size memory mapped cache file to store the > 'available' information. This sets the size of that cache (in > bytes). That's not, AIUI, what I need. >The options for cleaning out the cache are worth checking out in the >docs. `apt-get autoclean' basically keeps the most recent package, so >you may want to run that - after reading the apt-get man page. Actually, having the previous version of any installed package around is *quite* useful. Especially since I'm using unstable. So this isn't what I'm looking for. Hmm, maybe I'll have to hack up a little shell-script to regularly clean out... >> (Pls CC me on replies, I'm not on the list with this address) >Done. But configuring your mail client to set a Reply-To header should >work here. Oh, I did that. The note was more for an eventual larger thread ;) cheers, &rw -- -- "I'm told that the problem I have is an -IQ Conflict-" -- "Yes, sir. I concur" -- - (c) www.userfriendly.org
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