Re: apt-get update: unnecessary use of disk space
On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 05:59:20AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 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.
Correction!, that is once the 'apt-get upgrade' has completed, and a
dist-upgrade is required:
root@tal:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
libwxbase2.8-0 libwxgtk2.8-0
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
cclive dictionaries-common iceweasel libav-tools libavresample1
libcurl3-gnutls libgnutls-openssl27 libldb1 libqt5core5a libqt5dbus5
libqt5gui5 libqt5network5 libqt5widgets5 libquvi7 libsmbclient libssh2-1
libswscale2 mpv mupdf mupdf-tools pokerth ruby ruby-debian ruby-xmlparser
samba-libs wget
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 26 not upgraded.
root@tal:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 36G 34G 226M 100% /
[...]
root@tal:~# apt-get clean
root@tal:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda5 36G 34G 266M 100% /
And yet the 'apt-get dist-upgrade' still proceeds Ok despite the
'apt-get clean'.
I suppose I shouldn't question the package management specifics, but it
seems as though it is storing info which isn't really required --
perhaps it is a safety net?
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