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+**DEPRECATION NOTICE**: 
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+`vagrant-apt_cache` is no longer maintained. For additional features and Vagrant 1.1+ compatibility, 
+consider using [vagrant-cachier](https://github.com/fgrehm/vagrant-cachier).
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 # Vagrant apt-cache
 
 Share a common package cache among all VM instances. This gem will share a directory from the host to the `/var/cache/apt` on guest VMs to avoid downloading already-downloaded packages when building VMs.