[Bug 581014] Re: /var/cache/apt/archives contents gets deleted even when Synaptic is told not to do so

[Jochen]

I have made a very similar experience, downloading and installing many
packages and I thought they were save in the archives directory. After a
while I  have discovered that many had disappeared, although Synaptic
was set to keep the packages. I thought at first, that maybe ATPonCD had
erased them but, after Mario Splivalo's bug report I checked more
alertly and it really seems to be the update manager. Only the number of
packages can be checked (as they are many) and directly after update
obviously the number had increased but, after a restart suddenly they
had decreased again. So it is quite unclear what is happening in that
directory, under which rules is it administrated and which processes do
have an impact on what it is in and what not.

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Title:
  /var/cache/apt/archives contents gets deleted even when Synaptic is
  told not to do so

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: synaptic

  I can confirm this on both my laptop and my desktop, also on versions
  9.04 and 9.10. Now I upgraded to 10.04, and the issue is still here.

  After a while my /var/cache/apt/archives directory is almost-empty.
  For instance, I have upgraded to 10.04 - downloaded almost 3 GB of
  packages. In my /var/cache/apt/archives directory there is only
  400-500 MB with around 300 deb files.

  I will reinstall 10.04 on my desktop (I have serious issues with gnome
  - indicator-applet and so on, which I believe are result of upgrade
  process) so I'll keep track on my /var/cache/apt/archives directory.

  But, I have noted this behavior also on earlier versions (9.04/9.10).

  Synaptic is set-up so that it 'keeps downloaded packages'.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.33-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat May 15 18:10:52 2010
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: synaptic

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