Package: apt Version: 1.0.9.7 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
unattended-upgrades regularly complained about (cf. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/1366708): | E:Problem renaming the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin.WfLyE7 to /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - rename (2: No such file or directory) | W:You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Googling brought up https://bugs.launchpad.net/landscape-client/+bug/1091137: | When the landscape-client runs apt-get update, it can return an error like this: | E: Problem renaming the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin.PGPOhV to /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - rename (2: No such file or directory) | W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems | This can happen if someone is running apt-get clean, while the update is happening. apt-get clean | removes all pkgcache.bin files, including the temporary ones that apt-get update uses | to rebuild the cache. This error is harmless, since pkgcache.bin should also have been | removed, and thus the next time the cache will be opened the cache will be rebuilt. | I.e, we should ignore the error above as to not cause intermittent alerts in the Landscape | server, that the user can't do anything to resolve. And indeed the error is reproducable by: | scfc@toolsbeta-jessie3:~$ while sudo apt-get clean; do :; done & sudo apt-get update; kill -HUP %% | [1] 6241 | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia InRelease | Hit http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie InRelease | Hit http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie-updates InRelease | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/main Sources | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/backports Sources | Get:1 http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie/main Sources/DiffIndex [7,876 B] | Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates InRelease | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/thirdparty Sources | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/main amd64 Packages | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/backports amd64 Packages | Hit http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/thirdparty amd64 Packages | Get:2 http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,876 B] | Get:3 http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [7,876 B] | Hit http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie-updates/main Sources | Hit http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages | Hit http://mirrors.wikimedia.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en | Ign http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/backports Translation-en_US | Ign http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/backports Translation-en | Ign http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/main Translation-en_US | Ign http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/main Translation-en | Ign http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/thirdparty Translation-en_US | Ign http://apt.wikimedia.org jessie-wikimedia/thirdparty Translation-en | Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Sources | Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main amd64 Packages | Hit http://security.debian.org jessie/updates/main Translation-en | Fetched 23.6 kB in 1s (12.2 kB/s) | Problem renaming the file /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin.ZDdbP3 to /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin - rename (2: No such file or directory) | Problem renaming the file /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin.93xAUQ to /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin - rename (2: No such file or directory) | The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. | Can't call method "policy" on an undefined value at /usr/bin/apt-show-versions line 56. | E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions || exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i' | E: Sub-process returned an error code | scfc@toolsbeta-jessie3:~$ IMHO apt-get should not delete temporary files owned by another process. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image-extra-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-signed-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-headers-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-modules-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^.*-kernel-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-backports-modules-.*-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-tools-3\.16\.0-4-amd64$"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages ""; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-image-extra"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-signed-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "kfreebsd-headers"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "gnumach-image"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-modules"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: ".*-kernel"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-backports-modules-.*"; APT::VersionedKernelPackages:: "linux-tools"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; 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-ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Origins-Pattern:: "origin=Debian,archive=${distro_codename},label=Debian-Security"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://mirrors.wikimedia.org/debian jessie main deb-src http://mirrors.wikimedia.org/debian jessie main deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main deb http://mirrors.wikimedia.org/debian jessie-updates main deb-src http://mirrors.wikimedia.org/debian jessie-updates main -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.0 APT prefers testing-updates APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3 ii gnupg 1.4.18-7 ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.9.7 ii libc6 2.19-17 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10 ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> ii aptitude 0.6.11-1+b1 pn dpkg-dev <none> ii python-apt 0.9.3.11 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org