On 19 August 2012 12:16, Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:10:46PM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>> On Du, 19 aug 12, 13:28:38, Chris Bannister wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, first I'd do an "apt-get clean"
>>
>> Why would you delete the downloaded packages cache because a package
>> fails to remove/purge?
>
> When I saw this:
>> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
>> /etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
>> invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
>> dpkg: error processing
>
> I thought just to be on the safe side it might be a good idea to clean
> out any old cruft. And considering everything seemed to be uptodate
> except for 2 packages I presumed there would be no harm done.
>
> Why keep old ones around anyway?
>I keep the cache files to save downloading again & for use on other machines, If I want to clear my cache, I will copy them somewhere else. (Just my take on "why keep old ones around anyway") -- Sent from FOSS (Free Open Source Software) Debian GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cal36vgk-rhjcx_w++2cq1uckyfeq_vx7or0j1zbjwtq2joz...@mail.gmail.com
