Bug#1024842: apt: document the /v/l/apt/lists/auxfiles directory

[Patrice Duroux <patrice.duroux@gmail.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.5.4
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Information on it is a bit « obscure » to me.
First no trace for it in the /v/l/dpkg/info/apt.list on my system.
Second it is not listed in the FILES section of the apt-get(8).

Thanks to codesearch.d.o and a simple rgrep on /u/b/*, what I understood
is that it can be dynamically (re)created if it is missing and appears to be
referenced externally only by mmdebstrap.

Also, could there be a way to tell if a directory belongs to the content
of any package other than looking into /v/l/dpkg/info/* because for example
'apt-file search' only works for regular files. Isn't it?

Thanks,
Patrice


-- Package-specific info:

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/bouml.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/dbeaver.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/deb-multimedia.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/experimental.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/liveusb.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-ubuntu-webupd8-focal.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/skype-unstable.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/waydroid.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/wire-desktop.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/zerotier.list present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-0-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.129
ii  base-passwd             3.6.1
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2021.1.1
ii  gpgv                    2.2.40-1
ii  libapt-pkg6.0           2.5.4
ii  libc6                   2.36-5
ii  libgcc-s1               12.2.0-9
ii  libgnutls30             3.7.8-4
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.4-1+b2
ii  libstdc++6              12.2.0-9
ii  libsystemd0             252.1-1

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20211016

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  dpkg-dev        1.21.9
ii  gnupg           2.2.40-1
ii  powermgmt-base  1.37
ii  synaptic        0.91.2

-- Configuration Files:
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove [Errno 2] Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type: '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove'

-- no debconf information