Re: Bug#87747: apt: fails to compare versions correctly
> > In that case, the problem is definately localized to your machine, that
> > code has not changed in years and years [and nobody has ever had a
> > problem like this].
> >
> > I suggest you investigate it further from your end.
>
> Wel, that does sound nice, but as the only symptom I have is apt
> breakage, and since the breakage occured starting with the new version
> of apt, perhaps you have a suggestion as to where I should look for
> problems on my end?
You can try rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin - but that should not change anything
(unless you have flaky hardware).
I assume this output is from apt-get dist-upgrade? (you didn't give any
context)
Can you even duplicate it?
Jason
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