[Aptitude-devel] Bug#931536: Bug#931536: aptitude update fails to cope with changed release info

[Francesco Poli]

On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 15:54:04 +0200 Axel Beckert wrote:

> Hi Francesco, Michael and Sven,

Hello Axel, thanks for chiming in!

[...]
> I though must admit that we actually were aware of this issue
[...]
> But admittedly I totally underestimated its severity
[...]
> Sorry for that.

It's OK, luckily we have the simple "apt update" workaround (although
many people will have to be informed about it...).

> 
> I hope that Manuel (CCc'ed) can provide a fix which we then can also
> apply to aptitude in Buster in the first minor update which is
> expected in about a month.

I am looking forward to seeing this fix implemented.

Bye!


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