[Bug 220239] Re: E: Directory '/var/log/apt/' missing

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** Changed in: apt (Debian)
       Status: Unknown => Fix Released

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Title:
  E: Directory '/var/log/apt/' missing

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  The error message that popups up after doing anything with aptitude
  /apt-get (download, install, remove, etc, etc)

  Creating the folder gets rid of this error message. And a lovely, tiny log file is stored in the folder. With all of my days history inside.
  But everything in the /var folder gets removed before Linux powers off.
  So the nature of this bug is the fact that it isn't being created when I boot the PC. (Or the way that the program stores the log file, it depends on the fact that the folders exist beforehand. An analogy would be the difference between "mkdir" and "mkdir -p")

  Details of my system:
  lsb release:
     Description:	Ubuntu 8.04
     Release:      	8.04

  apt:
    Installed: 0.7.9ubuntu16
    Candidate: 0.7.9ubuntu16
    Version table:
   *** 0.7.9ubuntu16 0
          500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  And I ran it in gdb (Program exited with code 0144):
  {
      Processing triggers for libc6 ...
      ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
      E: Directory '/var/log/apt/' missing

      Program exited with code 0144.
  }

  Anything else that I can help with explaining this. Just ask.

  Regards
  Iain

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