On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 11:50:33AM -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 08:57:32PM +0200, Jan Minar wrote: > > > Package: apt > > Version: 0.5.4 > > Severity: important > > > > Hi. > > > > rm -rf /var/cache/* should not result in any problems per FHS. apt-get, > > however, can't recover gracefully, and stops working after the fact. The > > apt > > directories under /var/cache must be re-created by hand, then everything is > > ok > > again. > > If you read the FHS more closely, you see that it only refers to the > deletion of _files_ under /var/cache, not directories.
Yap, You're right. But as directory is a special kind of a file, the
wording there is ambiguous, or misleading, at least (*I* was mislead).
I'd suggest the progs being able to survive the deletion of *anything*
under /var/cache, and FHS being worded more clearly.
Cheers,
Jan.
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