Public bug reported:
This is fresh install of Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS. Fully updated.
I recently moved the /var/cache directory to tmpfs for my own reasons.
According to FHS [1] the /var/cache contents should be deletable. Also
according to an accepted answer on askubuntu.com [2] there should be no
problem on deleting the contents of /var/cache directory.
Reproduce:
Move /var/cache to tmpfs via /etc/fstab by adding the following line
tmpfs /var/cache tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
reboot your system and try to open ubuntu software center.
What I expected to happen:
ubuntu software center recreates the folders/files that are needed in
order to function correctly (i.e. like apt does).
[1] - http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-5.5.html
[2] -
http://askubuntu.com/questions/107858/moved-logs-to-ram-tmpfs-and-now-got-this-problem
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.2.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-130.200~pok-generic 3.11.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-130-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Dec 3 02:08:53 2013
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: software-center
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity
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ubuntu-software-center functionality depends on /var/cache directory
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