Am 20.10.2014 23:42 schrieb "Arthur Marsh" <arthur.marsh@internode.on.net>:
>
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.0.9.3
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>
> * What led up to the situation?
>
> Unknown, but tens of gigabytes of files accumulated in /var/cache/apt/archives
>
> apt-cache autoclean would abort on dangling symlinks, leaving obsolete .deb
> files in the cache.
>
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
>
> I repeatedly ran cleanlinks and then apt-cache autoclean to remove
> dangling symlinks and obsolete .deb files from the cache.
>
> * What was the outcome of this action?
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
>
> apt-cache autoclean (and its aptitude equivalent) should remove dangling
> symlinks rather than aborting when it encounters them.
How did you even get symlinks in there?