--- debian/apt.cron.daily	2009-08-03 14:49:19.000000000 +0300
+++ debian/apt.cron.daily.new	2009-08-06 08:28:35.000000000 +0300
@@ -321,10 +321,10 @@
 
 # Set VERBOSE mode from  apt-config (or inherit from environment)
 eval $(apt-config shell VERBOSE APT::Periodic::Verbose)
-debug_echo "verbose level $VERBOSE"
 if [ -z "$VERBOSE" ]; then
     VERBOSE="0"
 fi
+debug_echo "verbose level $VERBOSE"
 if [ "$VERBOSE" -le 2 ]; then
     # quiet for 0,1,2
     XSTDOUT=">/dev/null"
