Bug#241901: apt: E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)

[Jan Minar <jjminar@fastmail.fm>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: important

Hi.

rm -rf /var/cache/* should not result in any problems per FHS.  apt-get,
however, can't recover gracefully, and stops working after the fact.  The apt
directories under /var/cache must be re-created by hand, then everything is ok
again.

Jan.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux kontryhel 2.4.25-jan #2 SMP Fri Feb 20 15:23:11 CET 2004 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.2.5-11.5     GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-11woody The GNU stdc++ library

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