Package: apt Version: 0.5.3 Severity: normal If I try and install alsa-modules-2.2.17 (which I already have installed), but miss off the last character (the "7") then it doesn't print either the message "Couldn't find package" or "Sorry, alsa-modules-2.2.17 already isntalled". It should do the former.
/home/francis# apt-get install alsa-modules-2.2.17 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, alsa-modules-2.2.17 is already the newest version. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 578 not upgraded. /home/francis# apt-get install alsa-modules-2.2.1 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 578 not upgraded. /home/francis# This happens also for each character removed down to alsa-modules-2 which gives the correct error message. Things get even more baffling if you strip off another character - notice the completely strange error message. I've definitely said "apt-get install", but it is trying to remove something: /home/francis# apt-get install alsa-modules- Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package alsa-modules is not installed, so not removed 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 578 not upgraded. /home/francis# More truncated characters work fine. Anyway, although this stuff isn't really bad, it might indicate a more fundamental bug. Francis -- System Information Debian Release: woody Kernel Version: Linux francis 2.2.17 #1 Sat Sep 9 12:42:22 EST 2000 i686 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.3-6 The GNU stdc++ library
