Re: FTP method doesn't delete used .debs on the fly
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> A while ago, I was installing a 2.1r0 system via apt/FTP. I chose the dialup
> profile, that would leave ~75 MB free on my root partition. However, halfway
> installing, the disk was full because used(=just installed) .debs still were
> in apt's download directory. IMHO, apt should default to deleting downloaded
> .debs immediately after installing them.
There are about 3-4 bugs to this effect, some wanting much more elaborate
schemes, but basically it is a difficult problem made very difficult by
limitiations in dpkg, so it probably won't be done any time soon.
Jason
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