The Precise Pangolin has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that release
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu Precise) Status: In Progress => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1045704 Title: should clean pkgcache.bin.* and srcpkgcache.bin.* Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Precise: Won't Fix Bug description: TEST CASE: 1. do sudo touch /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin.xxx to simulate atmoic write that did not get cleaned up 2. run sudo apt-get update 3. verify that the file is still there 4. install apt from precise-proposed 5. run sudo apt-get update 6. verify that the file is now cleaned up The issue is reported from a precise system upgraded over time, it seems that pkgcache.bin.<random> and srcpkgcache.bin.<random> are left over time in /var/cache/apt/, those should be cleaned To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1045704/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp