Re: What is /var/cache/apt good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

> In 2017, it's probably more a historical artifact than a useful
> feature,

It would be very helpful if it could make gpg find my secret key.
Currently i cannot do "debuild -S" because gpg says there is no key.
GnuPG docs say that the file secring.gpg would be converted automatically
to the new format at first use. Not for me.


> just run "apt-get clean" and enjoy the extra space.

Will do, when i managed to build my packages. But as it looks now, i will
have to trash this Sid version in favor of its predecessor.
(All the effort to make vim usable after dist-upgrade would be wasted then.)


Have a nice day :)

Thomas

Re: What is /var/cache/apt good for ? (and other Sid dist-upgrade riddles)

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

Greg Wooledge wrote:
> Let's say you're courageous enough to run testing or unstable

For production of anything else but Debian packages ?
That would scare me. Even Stretch scares me, given the reports of the
recent weeks.


> after filing a bug report against the broken package,
> of course, because that's WHY you are running testing or unstable in
> the first place

I have a Sid because it is required as workspace for package production.
My upstream release was announced wednesday. GUIX adopted it only hours
later. Arch and Fedora took notice too. It's time to give the courageous
Sid users my freshest bugs.

Filing a bug report to "findutils" is on my todo list. (Not that there
weren't enough bug mummies yet.)


> But hey, you're aware of the risks. 

Mainly i am mistrusting. I made a backup of the virtual disk before
dist-upgrade. So the fear is well contained. After the upgrade was done
i rebooted while holding my breath. Well, ssh login still works.
Sid is broken enough on the first glimpse, so i do not expect big hidden
problems. {:)


Have a nice day :)

Thomas