** Description changed: TEST CASE: - 1. sudo rm /var/apt/cache/*.bin + 1. sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin 2. "sudo apt-cache gencaches" 3. ctrl-c in the middle of it 4. sudo apt-get update 5. verify with ls -l /var/cache/apt/ that there is a leftover file 6. install the update 7. repeat 1-4 8 verify with ls -l /var/cache/apt that no files are leftover - Apt can leave backup pkgcache.bin files around: $ ls -l /var/cache/apt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 139264 Nov 29 16:54 archives -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17660650 Nov 29 16:56 pkgcache.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Jun 13 20:08 pkgcache.bin.G247fS -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Aug 22 19:55 pkgcache.bin.RUYLRh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Sep 4 21:40 pkgcache.bin.ZT8WEb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25165824 Sep 18 2010 pkgcache.bin.i7y21z -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 17639099 Nov 29 16:42 srcpkgcache.bin
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