Bug#76177: apt: apt-get --reinstall -d install bc doesn't work ("Sorry, re-installation of bc is not possible, it cannot be downloaded")

[<admar@luon.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: normal

I want to mirror parts of Debian on my notebook. Therefore, I've written a
script that downloads installed packages and moves them to ftp (sort of
apt-move, but different). It works fine for most packages, but not for bc,
epplets and a few others. I think this is due to the fact that I'm using
ftp.nl.debian.org (fast, but sometimes out of sync) as primairy, and 
ftp.debian.org as secundairy. When I try to do 
'apt-get --reinstall -d -y install <pkg>', it usually downloads <pkg> in
/var/cache/apt/archives. Only for some packages, it refuses to download, and I
don't know why. Is this a bug? If not, how can I download the bc-package (and
the others)?

I've put my sources.list here:

deb ftp://donald-duck.ele.tue.nl/debian woody main
deb ftp://donald-duck.ele.tue.nl/debian lotn main

deb ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian       unstable    main contrib non-free
deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US  unstable/non-US     main contrib non-free

## DCF zooi:
deb http://home.germany.net/101-181039/ unstable/


Kind regards,
Admar Schoonen

-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux azrael 2.2.16 #1 Wed Jun 28 21:25:30 CEST 2000 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.96-1       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-14      The GNU stdc++ library