Bug#318786: apt-get install should display a progress indicator when setting up

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 06:34:05PM +0100, Colin S. Miller wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.28.6
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> apt-get displays progress bars when its downloading files.
> However, when it is exctacting and configuring the .debs,
> there is no indication of how long this is likely to take.
> 
> Replacing the
> Setting up apt
> line with
> Setting up apt (3/20, 14% complete)

This would be complicated to implement this way (because that message is
printed by dpkg, not apt), but a progress indicator could perhaps be added
on a separate line.

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 - mdz