*John Lapeyre wrote: > apt 0.3.11 for i386 compiled on Jun 28 1999 21:59:55 [ snip ] Eventually, I was able to install the half-installed packages by hand. apt-get no longer hangs. I guess the half-installed packages should be found and apt-get should quit with an error message. John -- John Lapeyre <lapeyre@physics.arizona.edu>, lapeyre@debian.org Tucson,AZ http://www.physics.arizona.edu/~lapeyre