Re: /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing

To: Otto Wyss <otto.wyss@bluewin.ch>
Cc: "'debian-devel@lists.debian.org'" <debian-devel@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing
From: jake@lucidpark.net (Jacob Kuntz)
Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 15:11:38 -0500
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On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 08:58:59PM +0100, Otto Wyss wrote:
> I accidentally deleted /var/cache/apt now dselect complains
> "/var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing". Since dselect isn't able to fix
> this by itself how can I fix it manually? Neither apt-cache gencaches nor
> apt-get check could solve it.

mkdir /var/cache/apt/archives/partial. It's just a directory where packages
are downloaded to. You might want to file a bug against apt for this.

-- 
Jacob Kuntz
http://www.lucidpark.net/

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