Bug#442007: /usr/bin/apt-get: wrong command suggestion 'dpkg --configure -a'

[Vitalie Lazu <vitalie.lazu@gmail.com>]

Subject: /usr/bin/apt-get: wrong command suggestion 'dpkg --configure -a'
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.6
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/apt-get

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I tried to upgrade my system today under KDE, it upgrade some pam module and it asked me to
restart services that depends of that module, including kdm, after i clicked OK, it restarted
kdm, but this also killed all children procs and apt-get upgrade too.

when i try to run apt-get upgrade once again it gives me this error:
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
$

running specified command i get another error:

$ sudo dpkg --confugure -a
dpkg: unknown option --confugure

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --license for copyright license and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*].

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
$

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "which dzhandle >/dev/null && dzhandle restart-pending-instances || true";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

#deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
#deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.22.1lz
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring        2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  libc6                         2.6.1-1+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.2.1-4  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.2.1-4    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information

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Best regards,
Vitalie