Package: apt
Version: 0.9.6
Severity: minor
When trying to download a package that is not available on a remote
location (i.e. locally installed), apt-get fails with an unhelpful
message. E.g.:
# apt-cache policy vrms
vrms:
Installed: 1.16+nmu0+jwilk20110827
Candidate: 1.16+nmu0+jwilk20110827
Version table:
*** 1.16+nmu0+jwilk20110827 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.16 0
990 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
# apt-get download vrms
E: FindIndex failed
I wish that:
1) the error message actually explained what the problem is;
2) more importantly, it pointed out which package is at fault (I often
hit this bug when downloading dozens or even hundreds packages at
once...).
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: amd64
Kernel: Linux 3.4-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.12-4
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.6
ii libc6 2.13-33
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-1
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-1
--
Jakub Wilk
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