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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

