Package: apt-file Version: 2.0.8.2 I'm running Debian Etch. I have observed the following behaviour, identical on two Etch boxes (one running 2.6.18.3, the other running 2.6.20): 1. "apt-get install apt-file" completes successfully, but "apt-file search foo" returns no results because "apt-file update" has not been run (already reported as bug #408309). 2. "apt-file update" gives the error "E: Can't write in /var/cache/apt/apt-file: No such file or directory" - sure enough, /var/cache/apt/apt-file does not exist. 3. After manually creating the directory and ensuring that it is writable by users who will use apt-file, the update works and apt-file then works normally. (I have verified that apt-file exits with an error when invoked by a user who does not have write privileges to that directory.) I suggest that creation of /var/cache/apt/apt-file, with appropriate permissions, is done as part of the installation of the apt-file package. Regards, Chris Carr
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