On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > cache; it is for internal use only. If you need a cache, you should using > a caching http (or ftp) proxy, such as squid. Squid can be configured to > cache .deb files properly. > > For apt to ask about this would annoying and distracting. And that is the reason why it is as it is now. However V3 has a config option of 'auto' 'prompt' 'never' Jason