On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 10:43:39AM -0400, Luis Mondesi wrote:

> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.28.6
> Followup-For: Bug #152217
> 
> apt-get download should simply be a call to (alias?):
> 
> apt-get -o 'Dir::State::status "./"' \
>     -o 'Dir::Cache "./"
>     --download-only --reinstall install 

If you try this, you'll see that it's not so simple indeed.  The download
mechanism relies on a partial/ subdirectory in which to store downloads in
progress.

The simple answer is to use aptitude download.

-- 
 - mdz


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