Re: apt-get update: unnecessary use of disk space

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2014-06-15 19:59 +0200, Chris Bannister wrote:

> 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
> [...]
> root@tal:~# df -h
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sda5        36G   34G  226M 100% /

There are two files, /var/cache/apt/{src,}pkgcache.bin, which
"apt-get clean" removes and "apt-get update" brings back.  This
explains the discrepancies.

Cheers,
       Sven