Bug#563583: bind-mount $APTCACHE as /var/cache/apt/archives?

[Loïc Minier]

On Tue, Jan 05, 2010, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > Could there be an alternative option to APTCACHEHARDLINK: APTCACHEBINDMOUNT?
> > 
> > IMO this would make it easily possible to use a tmpfs for BUILDPLACE.
> 
> It probably depends on how much memory you have; 2GB or more of RAM
> and you'll probably be able to do that reliably.

 I don't think you would need any extra memory if you bind-mount
 /var/cache/apt/archives in the tmpfs; the packages wouldn't be copied
 in the tmpfs.

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Loïc Minier