** Summary changed:
- An empty Dir::Cache::archives is treated incorrectly and even removes all
files in the root folder
+ Dir::Cache::archives="" places archives in / instead of turning off caches.
See apt.conf(5).
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937951
Title:
Dir::Cache::archives="" places archives in / instead of turning off
caches. See apt.conf(5).
Status in APT:
Invalid
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
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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