On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 08:38:59AM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Sorry to say, but this doesn't work:
> 
> # apt download '?source-package(^apt$)?architecture(amd64)?archive(bullseye)'
> E: Handler silently failed
> # apt download 
> '?source-package(^apt$)?or(?architecture(amd64),?architecture(all))?archive(bullseye)'
> E: Handler silently failed

Sounds like you tried running it on stable instead of testing/unstable.

> 
> Wouldn't you agree that this "download" option should be mentioned
> in the man page, anyway?

meh. it's on the apt-get manual page. We really need to rewrite them
all to have like apt-install, apt-update manual pages.

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