On Mon 30 Mar 2026 at 15:55:16 (-0500), David Wright wrote: > 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: > 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.
Ah, good memory: I see that 'apt-get update' no longer does 'Building Dependency Tree' was added to Apt's changelog in 2003 (woody≡stable). Cheers, David.
