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Re: Bug#115953: apt-get -d install <package> doesn't work as documented



On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Gergely Nagy wrote:

> I think apt-get does it correctly. For the package is already
> downloaded (it is installed, a few steps further), and as there is no
> newer version, there's no point in downloading it. If you want to get
> the .deb, you can use the --reinstall option to apt-get, or you can
> take a look at the dpkg-repack utility.

Sounds fair

Jason



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