Bug#575129: Should remove remove installed packages from /var/cache/pbuilder/aptcache
Nelson A. de Oliveira
naoliv at debian.org
Tue Mar 23 17:33:34 UTC 2010
Package: pbuilder
Version: 0.196
Severity: wishlist
Hi!
I always use cowbuilder (but it applies to pbuilder) like this:
cowbuilder --update --autocleanaptcache
So outdated packages are automatically removed from /var/cache/pbuilder/aptcache
But one thing that I see is that the cache also contains the packages that are
installed inside the chroot.
For example, on today's update:
Preparing to replace cpp-4.4 4.4.3-4 (using .../cpp-4.4_4.4.3-5_i386.deb) ...
(...)
I: new cache content cpp-4.4_4.4.3-5_i386.deb added
(...)
Del cpp-4.4 4.4.3-4 [3744kB]
It updated the cpp package, included the new package on the cache dir and also
removed the old cpp package.
But, what is the purpose in keeping this new cpp package inside the cache, since
it's already installed?
Essential packages (all the other ones that are installed on the minimal chroot)
should not be kept inside the cache dir (/var/cache/pbuilder/aptcache), so some
disk space could be saved.
I am asking this because I really don't see any reason to keep these packages
cached.
Thank you!
Best regards,
Nelson
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.33.1.naoliv1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages pbuilder depends on:
ii cdebootstrap 0.5.5 Bootstrap a Debian system
ii coreutils 8.4-2 GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.30 Debian configuration management sy
ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii debootstrap 1.0.22 Bootstrap a basic Debian system
ii wget 1.12-1.1 retrieves files from the web
Versions of packages pbuilder recommends:
ii devscripts 2.10.61 scripts to make the life of a Debi
ii fakeroot 1.14.4-1 Gives a fake root environment
ii sudo 1.7.2p5-1 Provide limited super user privile
Versions of packages pbuilder suggests:
ii cowdancer 0.61 Copy-on-write directory tree utili
pn gdebi-core <none> (no description available)
pn pbuilder-uml <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information excluded
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