[Aptitude-devel] Bug#764506: aptitude: "aptitude update" no more works with apt 1.1~exp4

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

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Hi Axel,

2014-10-08 17:46 Axel Beckert:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: aptitude/0.6.11-1
>Severity: normal
>
>Hi,
>
>[APT Developers: Feel free to reassign if you think that's an APT issue.]
>
>aptitude has severe issues downloading package lists since apt version
>1.1~exp4 (worked fine with 1.1~exp3). Downloading packages still works
>fine for me, though.
>
>I haven't checked if a BinNMU (i.e. recompiling aptitude against apt
>1.1~exp4) would help.  If that's the case, one of apt's libraries should
>probably sport a "Breaks:" header against older versions of the
>according apt library.

There were more apt versions since then and you recompiled aptitude
against the version of apt in experimental.

Is this still a problem with the latest iterations?


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>