Ubuntu
apt package

apt doesn't always recreate missing directories in /var/cache

Bug #1356700 reported by Removed by request
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apt (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
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Bug Description

I'm using Ubuntu 14.10 dev with apt 1.0.4ubuntu6 and if /var/cache gets emptied apt doesn't recreate in all cases the missing directories for example with the command "apt-get clean". Here is an example output:

root@ubuntu:~# apt-get clean
root@ubuntu:~# rm -fr /var/cache/*
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get clean
E: Could not open lock file /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (2: No such file or directory)
E: Unable to lock the download directory

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Removed by request (removed3425744)
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ken Sharp (kennybobs) wrote :

This is also true if you change the archives directory with Dir::Cache::archives

tags: added: amd64 trusty utopic
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

With regards to the original problem statement, apt-get clean fails because there is nothing in /var/cache/apt. However, apt-get update works fine.

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: High → Medium
importance: Medium → Low
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Also removing everything in /var/cache seems a bit extreme, a more concise test case would be removing things in /var/cache/apt/.

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