This just happened to me again on a fresh install of Ubuntu RC. Output example pasted below:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo aptitude install htop Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information... 0% Reading extended state information Initializing package states... 0% Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... 0% Building tag database... 43% Building tag database... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: htop 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 46.4kB of archives. After unpacking 180kB will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Get:1 http://10.2.3.16 hardy/universe htop 0.6.6+svn20070915-1 [46.4kB] Fetched 46.4kB in 0s (76.6kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package htop. (Reading database ... 99087 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking htop (from .../htop_0.6.6+svn20070915-1_i386.deb) ... Setting up htop (0.6.6+svn20070915-1) ... Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Building tag database... Done -- hardy - weird empty new lines in output - aptitude overpasses installation prompt https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/211247 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs