Very likely deleted by /etc/cron.daily/apt:
# This file understands the following apt configuration variables:
#
[snip]
#
# "APT::Archives::MaxAge",
# - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache
# package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
#
# "APT::Archives::MaxSize",
# - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
# is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
# requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
# first).
#
# "APT::Archives::MinAge"
# - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
# will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
# and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
My /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20archive:
APT::Archives::MaxAge "0";
APT::Archives::MaxSize "0";
APT::Archives::MinAge "2";
I have done this specifically so that I can use aptoncd, which has been
working well for me. I could have set MinAge to 0 as well, but just left
it at the default. IGRC [1], the Ubuntu default values are 30 days,
500Mb, and 2 days.
Having re-read /etc/cron.daily/apt, I might have a wee play with the
Update-Package-Lists settings. One day.
[1] If Google recalls correctly
Nick Rout wrote:
Recent discussion on aptoncd and my experience of it missing some
packages led me to investigate.
To cut a long story short, there are some missing deb files on my
system. For example there are no /var/cache/apt/archives/openssh*
files. Which means they didn't end up on the cd.
Now I am positive that there should be files there because:
(a) I iinstalled openssh-server after initial setup (ubuntu why isn't
it there by default); and
(b) I know openssh-* have been updated after I installed, because of
the recently well publicized debian and derivatives security fubar.
So why aren't the deb files there?
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