Package: apt Version: 1.5 Severity: wishlist File: /usr/bin/apt-get Do "apt-get update" several times in a row.
# apt-get update Hit:1 ... Hit:2 ... Reading package lists... Done # apt-get update Hit:1 ... Hit:2 ... Reading package lists... Done # apt-get update Hit:1 ... Hit:2 ... Reading package lists... Done On a Cray, you won't notice the problem, but on smaller computers you will notice that the command doesn't return right away, but instead does the long "Reading package lists" step. In fact that step is totally unnecessary, as we got all "Hit"s, so there is nothing to update.
