my too machines are fine with apt 1.1.3 ! i don't know 0.0.17, but the old 0.16 had big bugs: it did not update libc and a couple of other packages to a new version for some strange reason. andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org