old contents of /var/cache/apt/apt-file/

[Goh Lip]

On 07/29/2010 12:42 AM, NoOp wrote:
> On 07/28/2010 09:01 AM, Marius Gedminas wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 08:58:21AM -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>> On 07/28/2010 07:57 AM, Adam Funk wrote:
>>>> I noticed  (while looking at the stuff in /var/cache/apt/archives/)
>>>> that my /var/cache/apt/apt-file/ directory contains a lot of old files
>>>> (feisty through karmic) as well as the current lucid ones.  I guess
>>>> they never get purged!  Is there any reason not to delete them myself?
>>>
>>> Normally '$ sudo apt-get clean' will clean the entire archive.
>>
>> apt-file is a different tool:
>> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man1/apt-file.1.html
>>
>> Try apt-file purge
>>
>> Marius Gedminas
>>
>
> Thanks. I'll use that on the other systems - I already rm'ed the junk on
> this one.
>

To just clean out obsolete files and let current files remain,
apt-get autoclean

Regards - Goh Lip