[Aptitude-devel] Bug#832320: aptitude: -t <release> download <package> broken?

[Jörg-Volker Peetz]

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.2-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer(s),

commanding

  aptitude -t sid download mksh

fails with the message

  Subcommand not supported: -t

In the previous version 0.8.1-1 the command succeeds.
The now no longer in the man-page documented

  aptitude download <package>/<release>

still works.

Regards,
jvp.


-- Package-specific info:
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Terminal: eterm-color
$DISPLAY is set.
which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude

aptitude version information:
aptitude 0.8.2
Compiler: g++ 5.4.0 20160609
Compiled against:
  apt version 5.0.0
  NCurses version 6.0
  libsigc++ version: 2.8.0
  Gtk+ support disabled.
  Qt support disabled.

Current library versions:
  NCurses version: ncurses 6.0.20160625
  cwidget version: 0.5.17
  Apt version: 5.0.0

aptitude linkage:
	linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd2dbcb000)
	libapt-pkg.so.5.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0
(0x00007f9d5ea02000)
	libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007f9d5e7d2000)
	libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007f9d5e5a7000)
	libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007f9d5e3a0000)
	libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00007f9d5e0a3000)
	libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007f9d5dd9e000)
	libboost_iostreams.so.1.58.0 =>
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_iostreams.so.1.58.0 (0x00007f9d5db84000)
	libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0 =>
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_filesystem.so.1.58.0 (0x00007f9d5d96b000)
	libboost_system.so.1.58.0 =>
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_system.so.1.58.0 (0x00007f9d5d766000)
	libxapian.so.22 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxapian.so.22 (0x00007f9d5d362000)
	libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f9d5d145000)
	libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f9d5cdc4000)
	libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007f9d5cabf000)
	libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f9d5c8a9000)
	libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f9d5c507000)
	libutil.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f9d5c304000)
	libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f9d5c100000)
	libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007f9d5bee8000)
	libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007f9d5bccd000)
	libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007f9d5babd000)
	liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007f9d5b899000)
	liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007f9d5b687000)
	librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007f9d5b47e000)
	libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007f9d5b279000)
	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x000055f75f32c000)
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (5, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.3 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii  aptitude-common            0.8.2-1
ii  libapt-pkg5.0              1.2.14
ii  libboost-filesystem1.58.0  1.58.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii  libboost-iostreams1.58.0   1.58.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii  libboost-system1.58.0      1.58.0+dfsg-5+b1
ii  libc6                      2.23-1
ii  libcwidget3v5              0.5.17-4+b1
ii  libgcc1                    1:6.1.1-9
ii  libncursesw5               6.0+20160625-1
ii  libsigc++-2.0-0v5          2.8.0-1
ii  libsqlite3-0               3.13.0-1
ii  libstdc++6                 6.1.1-9
ii  libtinfo5                  6.0+20160625-1
ii  libxapian22v5              1.2.23-1

Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
pn  libparse-debianchangelog-perl  <none>
ii  sensible-utils                 0.0.9

Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn  apt-xapian-index                <none>
ii  aptitude-doc-en [aptitude-doc]  0.8.2-1
pn  debtags                         <none>
pn  tasksel                         <none>

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