Bug#762898: apt-get download requires /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
Package: apt
Version: 1.0.6
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/apt
I make /var/cache/apt/archives a tmpfs, because I don't have much
space and I can always re-download debs if I need them again.
$ grep apt /etc/fstab
tmpfs /var/cache/apt/archives tmpfs size=128m,mode=755 0 0
For ages, apt-get has automatically created the subdir ./partial
automatically, so I don't need to mkdir it at boot time. Yay!
BUT! In the following case, when ./partial doesn't exist, won't be
used and can't be created, apt-get still errors out:
$ apt-get download mg
E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (13: Permission denied)
When run as root, it creates the dir, and *after* that "apt-get
download" works as normal users again (until I reboot):
$ sudo apt-get download mg
Get:1 http://apt/debian/ testing/main mg amd64 20110905-1.1 [98.3 kB]
Fetched 98.3 kB in 0s (640 kB/s)
$ apt-get download nvi
Get:1 http://apt/debian/ testing/main nvi amd64 1.81.6-11+b1 [247 kB]
Fetched 247 kB in 0s (2,155 kB/s)
If it's not too much trouble, I think apt-get should skip the check
for ./partial when it won't be used.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "amd64";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "false";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.14-2-amd64$";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages "";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*";
APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools";
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::Update "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke "";
APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -x /usr/bin/debtags ] || debtags update --local || true";
APT::Default-Release "jessie";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "amd64";
APT::Compressor "";
APT::Compressor::. "";
APT::Compressor::.::Name ".";
APT::Compressor::.::Extension "";
APT::Compressor::.::Binary "";
APT::Compressor::.::Cost "1";
APT::Compressor::gzip "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Name "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Extension ".gz";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Binary "gzip";
APT::Compressor::gzip::Cost "2";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::CompressArg:: "-9n";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::gzip::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::bzip2 "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Name "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Extension ".bz2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Binary "bzip2";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::Cost "3";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::bzip2::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::xz "";
APT::Compressor::xz::Name "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Extension ".xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::xz::Cost "4";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::CompressArg:: "-6";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::xz::UncompressArg:: "-d";
APT::Compressor::lzma "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Name "lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Extension ".lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Binary "xz";
APT::Compressor::lzma::Cost "5";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::CompressArg:: "-9";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg "";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "--format=lzma";
APT::Compressor::lzma::UncompressArg:: "-d";
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::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";
Dir::Bin::xz "/usr/bin/xz";
Dir::Bin::lzma "/usr/bin/xz";
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$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.distUpgrade$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke "";
DPkg::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | egrep -c '(remove|purge)') != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -e /usr/bin/how-can-i-help ] || /usr/bin/how-can-i-help";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "3";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::InfoFD "20";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
RPM "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke "";
RPM::Pre-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper pre-install; fi";
RPM::Post-Invoke "";
RPM::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/etckeeper ]; then etckeeper post-install; fi";
AptListbugs "";
AptListbugs::Severities "critical,grave,serious";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: syslinux-common
Pin: version 3:4.05+dfsg-6+deb8u1
Pin-Priority: 1000
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# Fast local mirror that often is out of date.
deb http://apt/debian-security jessie/updates main
deb http://apt/debian testing main
deb http://apt/debian testing-updates main
deb http://apt/debian unstable main
deb http://apt/debian experimental main
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing main
deb http://http.debian.net/debian testing-updates main
deb http://http.debian.net/debian unstable main
deb http://http.debian.net/debian experimental main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian testing main
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian unstable main
deb-src http://http.debian.net/debian experimental main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.18-2
ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.6
ii libc6 2.19-7
ii libgcc1 1:4.9.1-1
ii libstdc++6 4.9.1-1
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.11-1
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.10
ii python-apt 0.9.3.8
-- no debconf information
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