Bug#172727: apt ignores APT::Cache-Limit=104857600; in /etc/apt/apt.conf

[Soeren Sonnenburg <bugreports@nn7.de>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: normal

cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
APT::Cache-Limit=104857600;

apt-get udpate
[...]
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing libpaper-dev (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.


apt-get -o 'APT::Cache-Limit=104857600;' update
[...]
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done

stracing apt-get shows that it indeed reads the string in /etc/apt/atp.conf

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux sun 2.4.20-pre11 #7 Tue Nov 12 10:58:39 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=en_IE@euro, LC_CTYPE=en_IE@euro

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.1-5     GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2       1:2.95.4-15 The GNU stdc++ library

-- no debconf information