Bug#59743: apt: /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update doesn't honours $CACHEDIR in some actions

[<uaca@alumni.uv.es>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.18
Severity: normal

Hi

Please look in the following text for the word "HERE"

#!/bin/sh
set -e

# Get the configuration from /etc/apt/apt.conf
OPTS="-f"
APTGET="/usr/bin/apt-get"
APTCACHE="/usr/bin/apt-cache"
DPKG="/usr/bin/dpkg"
CACHEDIR="/var/cache/apt"
PROMPT="no"
RES=`apt-config shell OPTS DSelect::UpdateOptions \
      DPKG Dir::Bin::dpkg APTGET Dir::Bin::apt-get \
      APTCACHE Dir::Bin::apt-cache CACHEDIR Dir::Cache \
      PROMPT DSelect::PromptAfterUpdate`
eval $RES

# It looks slightly ugly to have a double / in the dpkg output
CACHEDIR=`echo $CACHEDIR | sed -e "s|/$||"`

set +e
FAILED=0
$APTGET $OPTS update || FAILED=1
set -e

echo "Merging Available information"
rm -f /var/cache/apt/available
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              HERE

$APTCACHE dumpavail > $CACHEDIR/available
$DPKG --update-avail $CACHEDIR/available
rm -f $CACHEDIR/available

if [ $PROMPT = "yes" ]; then
   echo "Press enter to continue." && read RES;
fi

exit $FAILED
-------------------------

End.... IMHO that's an error, quite ugly when you're doing an offline 
upgrade/install

Thanks for your support

	Ulisses

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux pusa 2.2.13 #1 lun nov 29 19:11:46 CET 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.3-2        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-5       The GNU stdc++ library