Re: Preventing apt from storing too much locally

On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 02:35:07AM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > Dir::Cache::archives > > This contains references to pkgcache and srcpkgcache. You can turn > these off if you wish, in favour of using apt-proxy, or apt-cacher or > whatever. > > But I'd be more inclined to run: > > apt-get {auto,}

Re: Preventing apt from storing too much locally

--- Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can see a number of files in /var/cache/apt on each machine; is > there a way to prevent as much as possible of this stuff from being > cached? man apt.conf You're looking for: Dir::Cache::archives This contains references to pkgcache and srcpkgcach

Preventing apt from storing too much locally

Hello, I have a number of machines all pointed at an apt-proxy. Since any package downloaded from any of them will be available there on my local network, I would like to avoid keeping copies on every machine. I can see a number of files in /var/cache/apt on each machine; is there a way to preve