Re: Does apt clean delete /var/cache/apt/*pkgcache.bin on purpose?
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 11:24:37PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 10:04:50PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have recently noticed (too late, this has made me wonder for a while)
> > that apt clean also deletes /var/cache/apt/*pkgcache.bin. Is that on
> > purpose? If so, may I ask why?
>
> It is on purpose because there were historically lots of broken cache
> files causing segfaults, and the only way to recover from that is to
> delete them. It also cleans up any temporary cache file that was not
> renamed correctly.
>
> I think the problem is basically gone now that we have checksums for
> the cache files, but it's still a good idea to keep the deletion
> IMO.
Thanks for the fast explanation!
Greetings
Marc
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