Comment 35 for bug 1445239

I had been observing a disk full a few times due to this issue, including this morning, after which I found this report. I just installed apt 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1 from vivid-proposed using "apt-get install apt/vivid-proposed".

I now have:
$ apt-cache policy apt
apt:
  Installed: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1
  Candidate: 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.9.7ubuntu4.1 0
        400 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid-proposed/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.9.7ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages

I ran "apt-get update" manually several times and did not see the disk-filling-up problem again. I will continue to keep my eye on it.