[Bug 1425662] Re: "apt-get download" fails if /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is not accessible

[David Kalnischkies]

apt 1.1~exp4 fixes this issue (see also debbug #762898) in git commit
43acd01979039b248cb7f033b82e36d778d0ebec, so try that version then it
appears in Ubuntu. Using of the root cache (if available) is at least
supposed to happen in that version as well (but also in the version you
have… I will give it a spin later… can't be hard,right? ;) )

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Committed

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Title:
  "apt-get download" fails if /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is not
  accessible

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  I'm using Ubuntu 15.04 dev with apt 1.0.9.3ubuntu1 and if
  /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is not accessible "apt-get download"
  doesn't download the requested package. Here are 2 examples (missing
  directory and insufficient permissions because the user permissions
  (which are restrictive in this case) got inherited with sudo):

  sworddragon at ubuntu:~$ sudo rm -fr /var/cache/apt
  sworddragon at ubuntu:~$ apt-get download nvidia-settings
  E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (2: No such file or directory)
  sworddragon at ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get download nvidia-settings
  Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main nvidia-settings amd64 346.35-0ubuntu1 [936 kB]
  Fetched 936 kB in 2s (392 kB/s)          
  sworddragon at ubuntu:~$ apt-get download nvidia-settings
  E: Archives directory /var/cache/apt/archives/partial is missing. - Acquire (13: Permission denied)

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