Bug#368262: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#368262: pbuilder update should clean aptcache

[Matt Kraai]

On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 12:27:25AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote:
> When running pbuilder update, it would be nice if the aptcache would get
> those files that aren't referenced any more in the Packages file
> removed.
> apt-get autoclean would be a way to something similar to that, but
> putting it in a hook is useless.

I think the problem with doing this is that the apt cache can be
shared by multiple pbuilder chroots, so there's no way to know whether
a package is still in use by some other chroot.

-- 
Matt
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