Package: cron-apt Version: 0.4.14 Severity: normal Setting cron-apt to use a separate sources.list file causes package lists for files not mentioned in that file to be deleted. This means apt-show-versions will report everything as not available in the archive, eg after the nightly run i see
$ apt-show-versions cron-apt cron-apt 0.4.14 installed: No available version in archive no doubt the fault lies with apt(titude), but since you document this feature you should also mention this limitation. Presumably the fix is to require that users set Dir::State to somewhere cron-apt can write, then it will not touch the usual apt config. Is it safe for users to use /var/lib/cron-apt for this location? my reading is that this will put lists things under /var/lib/cron-apt/lists. (But now of course to actually install updates, the user must remember to run 'aptitude update' to update the "real" lists in /var/lib/apt... In that acse, one might like (an option to ) have cron-apt do cp -f /var/lib/cron-apt/lists/* /var/lib/apt/lists/ but maybe that is not sensible.) -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.16.29-xen Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages cron-apt depends on: ii apt 0.6.46.4-0.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii debianutils 2.17 Miscellaneous utilities specific t Versions of packages cron-apt recommends: ii cron 3.0pl1-100 management of regular background p ii liblockfile1 1.06.1 NFS-safe locking library, includes ii mailx 1:8.1.2-0.20050715cvs-1 A simple mail user agent -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
