Re: Bug#28021: installer doesn't create /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote:
> kopf# apt-get dist-upgrade
> Updating package status cache...E: Can't open
> /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - open (2 No such file or directory)
> E: The previous errors apply to a Package Cache File
> /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin
> E: You should probably re-run apt-get update
>
> It seems to me when the package is installed it should create this file
> if it doesn't exist rather than telling you to run apt-get update.
If it was possible to create it then it would. Only apt-get update can
create this file (and the other files that will be missing) which is why
you are told to run it.
This is not a bug.
Jason
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