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Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 2017. Do you still see a problem related to the one that you reported in a currently supported version of Ubuntu? See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases Please let us know if you do otherwise this bug report can be left to expire in approximately 60 days time. Thank you for helping make Ubuntu better. Paul White [Ubuntu Bug Squad] ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635179 Title: aptitude hangs after updating the package list To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1635179/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs