Bug#641990: Clean never option does not work
Package: apt
Version: 0.8.16~exp6
Severity: normal
When apt has finished installing a package, it asks a question as follows:
Do you wish to delete previously downloaded .deb files?
Accidentally answering Yes will cause all .deb files to be deleted, even if
they are being shared across the network.
The following configuration option in /etc/apt/apt.conf is supposed to
suppress this question, preventing accidental deletion of the .deb files.
However, this option is ineffective, and the question still appears:
APT::DSelect::Clean "never";
The question should not be asked if Clean "never" is configured as above.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Default-Release "squeeze";
APT::Cache-Limit "33554432";
APT::DSelect "";
APT::DSelect::Clean "never";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
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::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::solvers "";
Dir::Bin::solvers:: "/usr/lib/apt/solvers";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
"Acquire::FTP::Passive";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 999
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 60
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 50
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#
# This is the apt source file
#
#deb file:///cdrom/ squeeze main
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb http://www.backports.org/debian squeeze-backports main contrib non-free
# deb http://unofficial.debian-maintainers.org/ squeeze/backports main contrib non-free restricted
# deb-src http://unofficial.debian-maintainers.org/ squeeze/backports main contrib non-free restricted
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i386)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-486
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii gnupg 1.4.10-4 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.8.16~exp6 APT's package managment runtime li
ii libc6 2.13-18 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libgcc1 1:4.6.0-14 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.6.0-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none> (no description available)
ii bzip2 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co
pn dpkg-dev <none> (no description available)
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
pn python-apt <none> (no description available)
-- debconf-show failed
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