Bug#192146: apt-get: nice if it warns very low disk space for normal system operation.

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 06:53:47AM +0900, Ishikawa wrote:

> Anyway, regarding the file space detection, the most likely culprit would
> be the usage under /var/cache/apt. (Ordinary users tend to forget to run
> apt-get autoclean from time to time [another warning candidate...]), and
> so /var/cache/apt can fill up over time.)

This is true, and it is a regrettable side effect of the popularity of the
command-line tool "apt-get".  This tool is not a full-featured frontend to
the package management system, and so does not provide a "friendly"
interface which asks the user about things like cleaning /var/cache/apt.
Ordinary users should probably be using aptitude, or (if they have a taste
for that sort of thing) dselect.

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 - mdz