Public bug reported:

After executing: "LANG=C apt-get -d upgrade"

# LANG=C apt-get -d upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-generic-lts-raring
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages have been kept back:
  gimp-plugin-registry grive kde-runtime libavformat53 linux-generic 
linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-tools-generic
  merkaartor plasma-scriptengine-javascript qlandkartegt usb-modeswitch-data
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Download complete and in download only mode

And: "LANG=C apt-get -d dist-upgrade"
# LANG=C apt-get -d dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  linux-image-generic-lts-raring
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it.
The following packages have been kept back:
  libavformat53 merkaartor plasma-scriptengine-javascript qlandkartegt 
usb-modeswitch-data
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Download complete and in download only mode

apt-get only tells download complete", but never downloads anything. The 
packages given to be upgraded are not downloaded and never installed:
/var/cache/apt/archives# ll
total 332K
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 320K Feb 26 01:57 ./
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Feb 26 01:57 ../
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Feb 26 01:50 partial/
-rw-r----- 1 root root    0 Oct 19  2011 lock

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: apt 0.9.15.4ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-18.32~precise1-generic 3.11.10.4
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Feb 26 01:59:12 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-19 (860 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE:en
 TERM=screen-bce
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-24 (1 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed trusty

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