Package: apt Version: 0.5.23 Severity: wishlist I would like to be able to set a variable in /etc/apt/preferences (or elsewhere) which would set the default value for erasing the .deb packages
I am doint this now by editing the following line in /usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/install: if [ `yesno $"Do you want to erase any previously downloaded .deb files?" y` = y ]; .. but with all the new versions of apt I'm getting tired to edit it.

