Re: Doing Dist-Upgrade or Such

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

Quoting David Baron (d_baron@012.net.il):

Pascal, I believe, said:
> > You can bind|link|whatever /var/cache/apt/archive to a filesystem with
> > enough free space.
> 
> Running it this way right now, seems OK. Question: Is this directory needed at 
> boot, i.e., before home is mounted (why I did not try this first off)??
> 
> If it does, can put it back when done. If OK, leave it this way.

>From man apt-cache:

       -p, --pkg-cache
           Select the file to store the package cache. The package
           cache is the primary cache used by all operations.
           Configuration Item: Dir::Cache::pkgcache.

This appears to be the Right Way™.

Cheers,
David.