Bug#90467: marked as done (wishlist: mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt)
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From: Dan Christensen <jdc@uwo.ca>
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Subject: wishlist: mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.3
Severity: wishlist
It seems that if the files in /var/lib/apt/lists are deleted, they
will be automatically downloaded again on the next apt-get update.
So I think this qualifies as cached data, the sort of data that one
wouldn't normally bother to backup. Would you consider moving this
directory to /var/cache/apt? I (and I expect many others) exclude
/var/cache from backups by default.
Thanks,
Dan
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux scratchy 2.4.1 #1 Fri Feb 2 16:17:53 EST 2001 i686
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.3-6 The GNU stdc++ library
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Subject: Re: Bug#90467: wishlist: mv /var/lib/apt/lists /var/cache/apt
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On Tue, 20 Mar 2001, Dan Christensen wrote:
> It seems that if the files in /var/lib/apt/lists are deleted, they
> will be automatically downloaded again on the next apt-get update.
> So I think this qualifies as cached data, the sort of data that one
This is only true if you are using remote sources, CD sources for
instance do not have this property, and apt will not work correctly
without these files being present.
Jason
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