Package: apt Version: 0.5.24 Severity: minor apt-cache should validate commandline arguments prior to parsing the package database:
[~]$ time apt-cache foo E: Invalid operation foo real 0m2.283s user 0m2.084s sys 0m0.103s (strace reveals that it indeed reads the database) I know this is nitpicking, but it shouldn't be hard to fix. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Get ""; APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true"; APT::Cache-Limit "16777216"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit any key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "test -f /var/run/zope.restart && invoke-rc.d zope restart ; rm -f /var/run/zope.restart"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # ftp.se.debian.org /debian deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main contrib non-free # ftp.se.debian.org /debian-non-US deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian-non-US/ testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free # apt-build deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main # mplayer deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main deb-src http://perso.wanadoo.fr/debian/ unstable main # java deb http://jrfonseca.dyndns.org/debian ./ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.5 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=lt_LT.UTF-8 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4-0pre4 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-6 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information
