Bug#403279: E: Archive directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing.
Package: apt
Version: 0.4.4-1
Severity: important
Hello,
I spotted this bug in aptitude but I belive it is rather apt bug.
If I am wrong please reassing it accordingly.
For some reason directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial has been disappeared.
The reason is irrelevant at this point. Debian claims compliancy with FHS.
FHS 2.3 says[1] that:
The application must be able to regenerate or restore the data. Unlike
/var/spool, the cached files can be deleted without data loss.
[...]
The application must always be able to recover from manual deletion
of these files.
It would be nice if apt-related application could recover in cases like
this one.
Best regards
Artur
[1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARCACHEAPPLICATIONCACHEDATA
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16bl
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL (charmap=ISO-8859-2)
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6-3. 0.6.46.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-20 GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.0.17-2 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-20 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc 0.4.4-1 English manual for aptitude, a ter
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