On 2025-07-18, Christoph Liebender <christ...@liebender.dev> wrote: >> >> There is something to be said for installing things which you don't need >> (or creating a dummy file) that you can later remove when you _really_ >> need a bit more space... >> > > Thanks Stuart for answering my question, though, what do you mean by > "creating dummy files that you can later remove"? Or is the sentence not > meant to be read that way :)
Creating a file containing some junk that can be quickly sacrificed if you hit an "out of disk space" condition. That then buys you a bit of time while you're thinking of a more permanent fix. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
