Actualy the "-U --no-cache" effectivly is treated as --no-cache was never specified: / # apk -U --no-cache add sed fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/main/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz fetch http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.5/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz (1/1) Installing sed (4.2.2-r0) Executing busybox-1.25.1-r0.trigger OK: 4 MiB in 12 packages / # ls -la /var/cache/apk/ total 1004 drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 70 May 8 11:08 . drwxr-xr-x 1 root root 29 Mar 3 11:20 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 732807 May 5 07:11 APKINDEX.c51f8f92.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 293014 May 1 12:37 APKINDEX.d09172fd.tar.gz So removing the "-U" fix this behavior.for-closed-social