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Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle?

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On 02/07/18 12:55 AM, Curt wrote:

> On 2018-07-01, Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> wrote:
>
>> E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/.
>>
>> apt-get autoclean doesn't help; neither does apt-get clean.  When I
>> tried apt-get autoremove, the upgrade started, but at 99% completion it
>> threw the message:
>>
>> Error writing to output file - write (28: No space left on device)
>>
>> Sure enough, / is full, with all the fun that that entails.
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#sufficient-space

Thank you (and everyone else) for your help.  I tried an apt-get purge 
of a large package I wasn't using, but the upgrade still failed (after 
chugging away for an hour or so).  I have two Linux partitions on my 
laptop - / and /home - and have arrived at the conclusion that 10GB for 
everything but /home is just not enough.  Given the amount of time I've 
spent on this already, I'm way past the point of diminishing returns. 
For now I'll stick to my main machine for everything (my laptop is just 
for when I'm on the road plus I use it for Usenet).  When I find the 
time I'll figure out what in my laptop's root partition needs saving 
(e.g. /var/spool/slrnpull), back it up along with /home, download the 
Stretch install disk image, then delete the partitions and start over 
with a bigger root partition (say 20GB).  Hopefully that'll hold me for 
a few releases.

-- 
cgibbs@surfnaked.ca (Charlie Gibbs)

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Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-07-01 22:20 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-07-01 23:50 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Carl Fink <carlf@panix.com> - 2018-07-02 00:20 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-07-02 00:00 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-02 00:50 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2018-07-02 01:10 +0200
      Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-02 03:00 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-07-02 11:20 +0200
      Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-02 12:10 +0200
        Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-07-02 13:00 +0200
      Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-07-02 20:40 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-07-02 04:50 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-02 10:00 +0200
    Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@surfnaked.ca> - 2018-07-03 10:00 +0200
  Re: Is apt-get dist-upgrade worth the hassle? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-07-02 19:20 +0200

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