Re: var is full...

[Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>]

Chris Bannister a écrit :
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 06:41:50AM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote:
>> Brian:
>>> To remove every package and the package lists in apt/archives:
>>>
>>>   apt-get clean.
>> The package lists are unaffected by the clean operation. You do not need
>> to run an update afterwards.
> 
> Then explain the difference between:
> 
> 1) apt-get clean
> apt-cache show pa<TAB><TAB>
> 
> and
> 
> 2) apt-get clean
> apt-get update
> apt-cache show pa<TAB><TAB>

Using strace, the difference seems to be that apt-get clean removes
/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin. However you don't need to run apt-get
update : this file seems to be rebuilt by any apt command.

apt-get clean
apt-cache show anypatternyoulike
apt-cache show pa<TAB><TAB>