[Aptitude-devel] Bug#816385: aptitude: Regression with 0.7.7: "aptitude -u" no more works

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Control: tags -1 + pending


Hi,

2016-03-01 12:45 Axel Beckert:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: 0.7.7-1
>Severity: important
>
>Hi,
>
>with 0.7.7, "aptitude -u" no more works:
>
>It shows the error message "E: The package cache is not available;
>unable to download and install packages." and then displays an empty
>package list.

Fixed now, marking as +pending.


>Workaround is to call just "aptitude" and then press "U" (Shift-U).

Hmm, 'U' is to mark upgradable packages to be upgraded, while 'u' is to
perform the update-source-lists, the equivalent of "-u" in the command
line.


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