The behavior here is correct, the memonly attribute constructs the cache
in memory, but you still need the directories where the lists files are
in so you can read them, and you can still update lists files, download
packages, etc pp.
Without the var/lib/apt/lists directory at least, the cache would just
fail to build as it can't open the directory to iterate it.
Generally speaking you'll be better off using apt_pkg directly instead
of the apt package with its hidden magic. It stands to reason nobody
should be using apt because it generally leads to headscratchingly slow
code that you're not going to understand.
** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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python apt Cache(memonly=True) does not behave as if memonly.
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