Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: aptitude

aptitude update sometimes returns 255 and thus breaking
$ aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade

example output:

[r...@localhost:~]$ aptitude update && aptitude safe-upgrade 
Treffer http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Translation-de     
Hole:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release.gpg [189B]           
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Translation-de         
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Translation-de   
Hole:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release.gpg [307B]               
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Translation-de                 
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Translation-de
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Translation-de
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Translation-de
Treffer http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security Release
Hole:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic Release [66,0kB]
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Translation-de         
Treffer http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/main Packages
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Translation-de
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release.gpg
Hole:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net karmic/main Packages [3.275B]
Treffer http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/restricted Packages        
Treffer http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/universe Packages
Treffer http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Translation-de
Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Translation-de
Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Translation-de
Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Translation-de
Hole:5 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic Release [65,9kB]
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates Release
Hole:6 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages [1.357kB]
Hole:7 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/restricted Packages [7.325B]
Hole:8 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages [5.135kB]
Hole:9 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages [195kB]          
                                                                                
                                              
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/main Packages               
                                                                                
                                              
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/restricted Packages         
                                                                                
                                              
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/universe Packages           
                                                                                
                                              
Treffer http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages         
                                                                                
                                              
6.831kB wurden in 11s heruntergeladen (579kB/s)                                 
                                                                                
                                              
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig

Aktueller Status: 3 Aktualisierungen [+3].
[r...@localhost:~]$ echo $?
255

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 14 09:27:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: aptitude 0.4.11.11-1ubuntu6
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-13.45-generic
SourcePackage: aptitude
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-13-generic i686

** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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aptitude update returns 255 although new packages are available
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/451053
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