apt-move says the packages are moved but they are gone

Question

I'm trying to setup a Ubuntu mirror with selected packages from different repositories, by using apt-move, which I've been using on Ubuntu 10.04 without (too much) problems.

I've installed apt-move and setup it accordingly to my needs:

# dpkg -l | grep apt-move
ii  apt-move                    4.2.27-2                   Maintain Debian packages in a package pool

The configuration file /etc/apt-move.conf is as follows:

# cat /etc/apt-move.conf | grep -v -e ^# -e ^$
APTSITES="/all/"
LOCALDIR=/var/local/mirrors/ubuntu
DIST=precise
PKGTYPE=binary
FILECACHE=/var/cache/apt/archives
LISTSTATE=/var/lib/apt/lists
DELETE=no
MAXDELETE=20
COPYONLY=no
PKGCOMP="none gzip"
CONTENTS=yes
GPGKEY=

Of course, I've created the directory mentioned in LOCALDIR.

Let's try it. After doing a sudo apt-get -d install vim I have some debs laying around on /var/cache/apt/archives:

# ls -1 /var/cache/apt/archives/
libgpm2_1.20.4-4_amd64.deb
libpython2.7_2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
lock
partial
python2.7_2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
python2.7-minimal_2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
vim_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
vim-common_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
vim-runtime_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb
vim-tiny_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

I first do a apt-move get.

# apt-move get

Updating from local Packages files...

All done, exiting.

Then a apt-move move:

# apt-move move

Moving files...
Skipping files:
Moving Files:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libgpm2_1.20.4-4_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/libpython2.7_2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python2.7-minimal_2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/python2.7_2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/vim-common_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/vim-runtime_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/vim-tiny_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/vim_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

All done, exiting.

So far so good. Let's check the repository pool.

# ls -lah /var/local/mirrors/ubuntu/pool/
total 8,0K
drwxr-sr-x 2 root staff 4,0K dic  3 11:39 .
drwxr-sr-x 5 root staff 4,0K dic  3 11:39 ..

Oops. It's empty. So, where are the packages?

# find / -iname vim-common_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
#

Nowhere. Nice. The dists dir is empty, too:

# ls -lah /var/local/mirrors/ubuntu/dists
total 8,0K
drwxr-sr-x 2 root staff 4,0K dic  3 11:50 .
drwxr-sr-x 5 root staff 4,0K dic  3 11:50 ..

However, there's a .apt-move directory with some information:

# ls /var/local/mirrors/ubuntu/.apt-move/
arch  binary  dists  pool  precise.arch.amd64  precise.binary  source  version

But there's not too much info in there, actually. The directories dists and pool are also empty.

Going more manual won't help. Using apt-move movefile results in the same:

# apt-move movefile vim_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb 

Moving files...

Skipping files:
Moving Files:
/var/cache/apt/archives/vim_2%3a7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb

All done, exiting.

Aaand empty directories. Some idea on what could be happening?

Am I doing something wrong?

Are there some alternatives to apt-move (that fit my needs here!) that are worth trying?

Answer 1

This is a known bug on Ubuntu. Fortunately, it has been fixed on Debian and installing the version 4.2.27-3 from Debian Sid just by downloading and installing the package with wget/dpkg seems to fix the problem.