On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 07:02:30PM GMT, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello all, > Am Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 04:33:59PM +0000 schrieb Helge Kreutzmann: > > I read apt(8) and apt.conf(5), but could not find anything about this > > missing behaviour. > > > > So it clearly needs good documentation. > > > > I clearly support the original submitter in all of his arguements, > > especially: > > > Keep-Downloaded-Packages, which is an important option, is not > > > documented anywhere. > > > > For others reading this bug, this is most likely > > APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "true"; > > > > Which I'm now trying (or switching back to apt-get). > > No, this does not change anything.
The option is correct, however the override is in binary::apt, so you need to override the override: binary::apt::APT::Keep-Downloaded-Packages "1"; -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en

