Hello Julien, On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:33:52AM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:41:21PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:36:45PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:30:38PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > > > > Package: apt > > > > Version: 0.8.15.10 > > > > Severity: important > > > > > > > > This machine was installed last year and is running testing since. For > > > > a time, I was wondering why /var/cache/apt/archives was not growing as > > > > it did on other (older) machines. After searching I finally nailed it > > > > down to > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14918 Jun 30 2011 /etc/cron.daily/apt > > > > > > > > (I removed the executable bit to verify that it was indeed the cause). > > > > Ever since I did this, no longer files are deleted. > > > > > > > > I never touched this file and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02periodic does not > > > > exist on my system. According to the comments, nothing should be > > > > deleted automatically: > > > > > > Do you have unattended-upgrades or update-notifier-common installed? > > > > rc unattended-upgrades 0.74.3 > > automatic installation of security upgrades > > ii update-notifier-common 0.99.3debian10 > > Files shared between update-notifier and adept > > > > I haven't investigated them, though and did not manually install them, > > probably installed as part of a task during d-i. > > But that's the explanation for the problem, as update-notifier-common > installs 20archive which contains: > > APT::Archives::MaxAge "30"; > APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; > APT::Archives::MaxSize "500";
There was no mention of "20archive" in /etc/cron.daily/apt, thus I did
not check that. (And yes, I have that)
So there are two (three) bugs at present:
a) /etc/cron.daily/apt does not mention 20archive [minor]
b) update-notifier-common is installed in a default install and
deletes files without prompting the user about it [important]
And maybe
c) Some other errors in /etc/cron.daily/apt, as stated in my initial
mail.
> > And thanks for the *ultra fast* reply, probably the fastest I ever
> > experienced for a bug report.
>
> I probably just checked e-mails when yours came in, so I answered it
> directly.
Then this was perfect timing, I guess :-))
Unless you object I'll clone and reassign in the next days (probably
tomorrow).
Greetings
Helge
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