[Bug 937951] Re: An empty Dir::Cache::archives is treated incorrectly and even removes all files in the root folder
Lekensteyn
937951 at bugs.launchpad.net
Tue Feb 21 20:02:57 UTC 2012
It'll then be a documentation issue since I'm not the only
one who has misread it: http://askubuntu.com/a/81211/6969
What about changing "Generation of caches can be turned off
by setting their names to be blank." to "Generation of the srcpkgcache
and pkgcache caches can be turned off by setting their names to be blank"
and appending after the paragraph: "Note that Dir::Cache and
Dir::Cache::archives cannot be disabled."
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Title:
An empty Dir::Cache::archives is treated incorrectly and even removes
all files in the root folder
Status in APT:
Invalid
Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
From apt.conf(5):
Dir::Cache contains locations pertaining to local cache information,
such as the two package caches srcpkgcache and pkgcache as well
as the location to place downloaded archives, Dir::Cache::archives.
Generation of caches can be turned off by setting their names to
be blank
Following this documentation, I created /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/30nocache
containing the below line to disable the cache:
Dir::Cache::archives "";
To my surprise, the directory /partial is created and downloaded .deb
files get into / as well as the lock file. Even worse, when apt-get clean
is executed, all files under / get removed!
# apt-get -s clean
Del /* /partial/*
Please fix the documentation and/ or prevent /* from being removed.
Affected versions:
- 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13 (Ubuntu Oneiric)
- 0.8.10.3+squeeze1 (Debian Squeeze)
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