[Bug 1050779] Re: excessive backup pkgcache.bin files retained

[Brian Murray]

Hello Michael, or anyone else affected,

Accepted apt into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.4 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please change the bug tag from
verification-needed to verification-done.  If it does not, change the
tag to verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing
will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  excessive backup pkgcache.bin files retained

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “apt” source package in Precise:
  Fix Committed
Status in “apt” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  TEST CASE:
  1. sudo rm /var/apt/cache/*.bin
  2. "sudo apt-cache gencaches"
  3. ctrl-c in the middle of it
  4. sudo apt-get update
  5. verify with ls -l /var/cache/apt/ that there is a leftover file

  6. install the update
  7. repeat 1-4
  8 verify with ls -l /var/cache/apt that no files are leftover

  
  Apt can leave backup pkgcache.bin files around:

  $ ls -l /var/cache/apt
  drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   139264 Nov 29 16:54 archives
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17660650 Nov 29 16:56 pkgcache.bin
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Jun 13 20:08 pkgcache.bin.G247fS
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Aug 22 19:55 pkgcache.bin.RUYLRh
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Sep  4 21:40 pkgcache.bin.ZT8WEb
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Sep 18  2010 pkgcache.bin.i7y21z
  -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17639099 Nov 29 16:42 srcpkgcache.bin

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