Package: apt Version: 0.3.19 Severity: normal The output from apt-get -q is not quite as clean as one would like it to be. Included below is a typescript from an apt session; in particular, the line [Scanning packages] I think should be excluded from apt-get's output when the -q option is specified.
(I've taken the liberty to replace carriage returns with literal "^M" sequences in the typescript.) there:/home/era/work/debian/there# apt-get -q install bug Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following NEW packages will be installed: bug 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 20.2kB of archives. After unpacking 56.3kB will be used. Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org stable/main bug 3.2.10 [20.2kB] Fetched 20.2kB in 4s (4273B/s) ^M100% [Scanning packages]^M ^MSelecting previously deselected package bug. (Reading database ... 27247 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking bug (from .../archives/bug_3.2.10_all.deb) ... Setting up bug (3.2.10) ... there:/home/era/work/debian/there# exit If this is fixed already in unstable/testing, feel free to ignore. Thanks, /* era */ -- System Information Debian Release: 2.2 Kernel Version: Linux there 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.3-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libstdc++2.10 2.95.2-13 The GNU stdc++ library

