Bug#494964: apt: /var/lib/apt/lists should be under /var/cache
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.14+b1
Severity: minor
I think that the data under /var/lib/apt/lists, which are essntially
database caches, should go under /var/cache.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "1";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::Default-Release "testing";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Unattended-Upgrade "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins "";
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
Acquire "";
Acquire::::Proxy "false";
"APT::Get::Show-Upgraded";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Explanation: see http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 1001
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 101
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 9
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
#deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian testing-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org testing/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
#
#deb http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
### Ottimo per acroread, lame e compagnia bella
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main
# Source of Skype VoIP packages
#deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
#deb http://www.bootsplash.de/files/debian/ unstable main
### Java: http://wiki.xtronics.com/index.php/Java_install
# java icedTea
deb http://people.ubuntu.com/~doko/ubuntu/ gutsy/
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.1-2 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.1-2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.4.11.4-1 terminal-based package manager
ii bzip2 1.0.5-0.1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.20 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii synaptic 0.62.1 Graphical package manager
ii wajig 2.0.38 simplified Debian package manageme
-- no debconf information
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