[Lxc-users] lxc-ubuntu: lefotover cached package files

[Serge Hallyn]

Quoting Fajar A. Nugraha (list at fajar.net):
> Creating a container with "lxc-create -t ubuntu" on ubuntu 12.04 amd64
> currently results in over 300MB root filesystem.  However, almost
> 100MBs of it are cached package files (/var/cache/apt/archives/*).
> Running "apt-get clean" freed it.
> 
> Is there a particular reason to keep the package files after container creation?

Hm.  Well I personally actually do end up using those often - I create a
container; quickly build a new version of a package; do a test;  re-install
from /var/cache/apt/archives to do another test;  etc.

But that's not to say mine shouldn't be a special case, with the default
being to save space.  Do you mind opening a bug against the ubuntu package
for that?  (http://pad.lv/u/lxc)  I've got another small template fix to
push anyway.  (I'll post the patch to lxc-devel when done.)

Thanks for the suggestion.

-serge