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Subject: apt: E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)
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Package: apt
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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:
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To: Jan Minar <jjminar@fastmail.fm>, 241901-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#241901: apt: E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2 No such file or directory)
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On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 08:57:32PM +0200, Jan Minar wrote:
> 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.
If you read the FHS more closely, you see that it only refers to the
deletion of _files_ under /var/cache, not directories. You should be able
to safely delete any and all files, but the directories should remain.
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- mdz
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