Bug#64292: --dry-run option not understood

[<david@zona.someotherplace.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.18
Severity: normal

according to the man page, --dry-run is a valid way
to specify 'no action', like the -s option, but:

zona Wed May 17 15:37:11 ~# apt-get --dry-run install aide
E: Command line option --dry-run is not understood

zona Wed May 17 15:41:07 ~# apt-get -s install aide
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
...


-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux zona 2.2.14-smp.1 #1 SMP Sat Jan 8 15:21:37 UTC 2000 i686

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.1.3-10    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10                1:2.95.2-10 The GNU stdc++ library