On Mon 30 Mar 2026 at 09:22:10 (+0200), Thomas Schmitt wrote: > i repeated "apt-get update" without getting error messages. > The subsequent "apt-get dist-upgrade" was quite sparse. So i think > the previous one was complete despite the "Err:" messages. > > I wrote: > > > In contrast to that update in 2025, some final lines after > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > were missing today: > > > Building dependency tree... > > > Reading state information... > > > 873 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. > > David Wright wrote: > > When I update (not upgrade), "Reading package lists... Done" > > is the final line I expect to see. > > [...] > > The lines: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree... Done > > Reading state information... Done > > come from (dist-)upgrade, > > Older upgrade logs reveil that in the past, both commands "update" and > "dist-upgrade" reported the three lines which are now missing in > "update". So i think that this double work is avoided now.
I think you are mistaken, unless there's an APT switch that causes apt-get update to do some further processing. I don't have any old copies logging the console output from apt-get, only /var/log/apt/, which doesn't concern itself with the lists. Understandably, not many people post uneventful runs complete with commandline and prompts, but here are a couple: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/09/msg00938.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/10/msg01358.html OTOH, these /claim/ to be using apt-get: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/1oe5uqo/i_just_saw_this_notice_message_in_konsole_when/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXZFPmUqRA4 Cheers, David.
