Thanks for the clarification. I had completely missed the /d and /f functionality. Sorry for the bogus bugrep.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1679789 Title: Trailing slash missing from Dir::Cache in apt configuration Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: The apt configuration database has some incompatible changes which break existing scripts. It is not obvious that this was deliberate (I hope not). Prior to 16.10, the configured cache directory path(s) included a trailing slash. Now they do not include the trailing slash. This breaks existing scripts which combine bits from the configuration database. In 16.04: $ apt-config shell D Dir C Dir::Cache F Dir::Cache::pkgcache D='/' C='var/cache/apt/' F='pkgcache.bin' So if this output is eval'd in the shell, then path=${D}${C}${F} produces "/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin" However in 16.10: $ apt-config shell D Dir C Dir::Cache F Dir::Cache::pkgcache D='/' C='var/cache/apt' F='pkgcache.bin' So existing shell code now breaks path=${D}${C}${F} produces "/var/cache/aptpkgcache.bin" If this was a mistake, please fix ASAP. If it was on purpose, please post (a link to) an explanation. Thanks. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: apt 1.3.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49-generic 4.8.17 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Apr 4 10:33:13 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-06 (332 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160506) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1679789/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
