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Bug#948892: Please document that apt does not keep files in /var/cache/apt/archives



On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 07:02:30PM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello all,
> Am Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 04:33:59PM +0000 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann:
> > I read apt(8) and apt.conf(5), but could not find anything about this
> > missing behaviour.
> > 
> > So it clearly needs good documentation. 
> > 
> > I clearly support the original submitter in all of his arguements,
> > especially:
> > >  Keep-Downloaded-Packages, which is an important option, is not
> > >  documented anywhere.
> > 
> > For others reading this bug, this is most likely
> > APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true";
> > 
> > Which I'm now trying (or switching back to apt-get).
> 
> No, this does not change anything.

The option is correct, however the override is in binary::apt, so you
need to override the override:

binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "1";
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