can't test on a natty box, because I hate unity, but in lucid/maverick
even this documented behaviour is broken:
$ sudo apt-get remove -y -q=2 some_package |tee foo
$ cat -v foo
(Reading database ... ^M(Reading database ... 5%^M(Reading database ...
10%^M(Reading database ... 15%^M(Reading database ... 20%^M(Reading database
... 25%^M(Reading database ... 30%^M(Reading database ... 35%^M(Reading
database ... 40%^M(Reading database ... 45%^M(Reading database ...
50%^M(Reading database ... 55%^M(Reading database ... 60%^M(Reading database
... 65%^M(Reading database ... 70%^M(Reading database ... 75%^M(Reading
database ... 80%^M(Reading database ... 85%^M(Reading database ...
90%^M(Reading database ... 95%^M(Reading database ... 100%^M(Reading database
... 46388 files and directories currently installed.)^M
Removing some_package ...^M
output is the same with any of -q -qq -q=1 -q=2
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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apt-get -q flag fails to squelch status -qq hides everything
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