Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.3-3.2 Followup-For: Bug #457372 i suppose i have the same bug here.
# aptitude update Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing InRelease Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing InRelease Ign http://download.skype.com stable InRelease Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release.gpg Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release.gpg Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing Release Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main Sources/DiffIndex [2,038 B] Get:2 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Hit ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing InRelease Ign http://download.virtualbox.org lenny InRelease Ign http://download.skype.com stable Release Get:3 http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [229 B] Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/main TranslationIndex Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free TranslationIndex Get:4 ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing InRelease Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Sources/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Sources/DiffIndex [1,747 B] Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,038 B] Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Ign ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing InRelease Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib TranslationIndex Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/main TranslationIndex Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free TranslationIndex Hit http://download.virtualbox.org lenny Release.gpg Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free TranslationIndex Hit http://download.skype.com stable/non-free i386 Packages Hit ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing/main TranslationIndex Hit ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing Release.gpg Hit http://download.virtualbox.org lenny Release Hit ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing Release Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing/non-free Translation-en Hit ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing/main Sources Get:10 ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex [2,023 B] Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en_GB Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/contrib Translation-en Hit http://download.virtualbox.org lenny/non-free i386 Packages Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org testing/non-free Translation-en Hit ftp://debian.netcologne.de testing/main TranslationIndex Ign http://download.virtualbox.org lenny/non-free TranslationIndex Ign http://download.virtualbox.org lenny/non-free Translation-en_GB Ign http://download.virtualbox.org lenny/non-free Translation-en Fetched 16.2 kB in 6s (2,537 B/s) # echo $? 255 ===================== a month ago i could type # aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade to get a safe upgrade. It does not work anymore since my last upgrade. via irc debian.de@oftc i got the hint to do # rm /var/lib/apt/lists/*.* but the situation is still the same after that. i hope my hint could help you to find the error -- Package-specific info: aptitude 0.6.3 compiled at Oct 18 2010 22:11:25 Compiler: g++ 4.4.5 Compiled against: apt version 4.10.1 NCurses version 5.7 libsigc++ version: 2.2.4.2 Ept support enabled. Gtk+ support disabled. Current library versions: NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20100313 cwidget version: 0.5.16 Apt version: 4.10.1 linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb7719000) libapt-pkg.so.4.10 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.10 (0xb75f7000) libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb75b1000) libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb75aa000) libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0xb74ea000) libept.so.1 => /usr/lib/libept.so.1 (0xb7499000) libxapian.so.22 => /usr/lib/sse2/libxapian.so.22 (0xb7299000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7285000) libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsqlite3.so.0 (0xb71f5000) libboost_iostreams.so.1.42.0 => /usr/lib/libboost_iostreams.so.1.42.0 (0xb71dc000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb71c3000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb70d4000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb70ae000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb7092000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb6f4b000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb6f47000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb6f43000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb6f3f000) libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0xb6f2e000) librt.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/librt.so.1 (0xb6f24000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb771a000) Terminal: xterm $DISPLAY is set. `which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude aptitude version information: aptitude linkage: -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg4.10] 0.8.11.5 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii libboost-iostreams1.42. 1.42.0-4 Boost.Iostreams Library ii libc6 2.11.2-11 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libcwidget3 0.5.16-3 high-level terminal interface libr ii libept1 1.0.4 High-level library for managing De ii libgcc1 1:4.5.2-4 GCC support library ii libncursesw5 5.7+20100313-5 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.2.4.2-1 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libsqlite3-0 3.7.5-1 SQLite 3 shared library ii libstdc++6 4.5.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libxapian22 1.2.4-1 Search engine library ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages aptitude recommends: ii apt-xapian-index 0.41 maintenance and search tools for a ii aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc 0.6.3-3.2 English manual for aptitude, a ter ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.1.1-2.1 parse Debian changelogs and output ii sensible-utils 0.0.6 Utilities for sensible alternative Versions of packages aptitude suggests: ii debtags 1.7.11 Enables support for package tags ii tasksel 2.89 Tool for selecting tasks for insta -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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