pkgcache.bin and srcpkgcache.bin on the Desktop CD

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Jani,

Jani Monoses [2010-08-28 19:02 +0300]:
> is the initial presence of theses files in /var/cache/apt/ important for 
> the running system? I noticed they get recreated on apt-get update and 
> that they speed up apt-cache queries.
> 
> On the 10.04.1 live uncompressed system they take 9Mb and removing them 
> results in an ISO image which is ~3.5 Mb smaller than the original 
> without any ill effect (besides apt-cache taking 2-3 seconds instead of 
> 1-2 on the few queries I made).

I had a similar problem a while ago, and Michael said that
srcpackage.bin isn't really useful at all, so we could just change the
default apt configuration to not include it any more:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReducingDiskFootprint#Disable%20apt%20caches

pkgcache.bin could probably be removed from the livefs builders
indeed.

Martin
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