Subject: writes when nothing should be written
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.15.9-2

The following command takes a long time to execute. It should read
very little, compute very little, and write absolutely nothing.

# aptitude install some-package-that-does-not-exist
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree       
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done
Couldn't find any package whose name or description matched 
"some-package-that-does-not-exist"
The following packages have been kept back:
  amphetamine amphetamine-data anacron apmd apt-show-source 
  apt-show-versions apt-utils armagetron bind bsdmainutils bugsquish 
  bumprace-data byacc cgoban chromium-data craft cron debconf debconf-i18n 
  debconf-utils debsums defendguin defendguin-data dhcp3-common dhcpcd 
  dictionaries-common doom-wad-shareware eject esound-common exim fda g++ 
  gcc gconf2 gedit gedit-common gettext-base gksu gpm grep-dctrl gtans gzip 
  icewm icewm-common icewm-themes jester joe kernel-package lftp 
  libadns1-bin liballegro4a libapm1 libaudio2 libbonobo-conf0 libdaemon0 
  libdb4.3 libexif10 libfont-afm-perl libft-perl libgconf11 libgconf2-4 
  libgimpprint1 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-0 libglade-gnome0 libglade0 
  libglade2-0 libgmp3 libgnome-desktop-2 libgnome-pilot2 libgnome2-0 
  libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common 
  libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data 
  libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomeui-0 
  libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgtk-perl 
  libgtkhtml2-0 libgtop1 libguile9 libhfsp0 libltdl3 libmikmod2 
  libmp3-info-perl libnspr4 libpam-modules libpam0g libperl5.8 
  libqt3c102-mt libsdl-net1.2 libsigc++-2.0-0 libssl0.9.6 
  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 libstdc++5 libwrap0 libxml-parser-perl login 
  lsh-client lsh-utils lsof lwm makedev mawk mol mol-modules-source 
  mozilla-firefox mozilla-firefox-dom-inspector mozplugger mp3burn mtr 
  multicd netcat passwd pdksh perl perl-base perl-modules perlmagick 
  phalanx pipenightdreams popularity-contest portmap powermgmt-base 
  python-imaging python2.3-imaging python2.3-numeric python2.4 
  python2.4-dev sl spider ssh supertux supertux-data tar tkfont 
  ttf-thryomanes twm ulogd ulogd-pcap unclutter webmagick wing wing-data 
  wmctrl xarchon xarchon-theme-default xbat xbl xboing xcruise xdemineur 
  xdigger xdm xevil xfishtank xfstt xgalaga xgammon xjewel xjig xkeycaps 
  xlockmore-gl xmahjongg xoids xonix xpat2 xpenguins xpuyopuyo xpuzzles 
  xscorch xsok xsoldier xt xtokkaetama xvier zblast-data zblast-x11 zsh 
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 185 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading Package Lists... Done             
Building Dependency Tree       
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done




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