apt-get update: unnecessary use of disk space

[Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz>]

Hi,

Does this seem necessary?

root@tal:~# apt-get clean
root@tal:~# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5        36G   34G  266M 100% /
[...]
root@tal:~# apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie InRelease
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free i386 Packages
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/contrib Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/non-free Translation-en
Hit http://ftp.debian.org jessie/non-free Translation-en/DiffIndex
Reading package lists... Done
root@tal:~# df -h
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5        36G   34G  226M 100% /

BTW, an 'apt-get clean' followed by an 'apt-get upgrade' works fine.

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