Bug#720532: dselect: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known

[Domenico Andreoli <cavok@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.9.11
Severity: important

Hi,

  apt 0.9.11 breaks dselect, which complains loudly when I try to update
from sources (I use the apt backend):

| E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
| 
| dselect: warning: subprocess update available list script returned error exit status 1
| Press <enter> to continue.

I see that between 0.9.10 and 0.9.11 there is some refactoring around the
command line [0].  Maybe some option has been left over?

I don't know how many other dselect users are left with me but the regression
is quite serious for "us". Is it possible to investigate further?

Thanks,
Domenico

[0] http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=commit;h=b917917067e757c4479a344a263ef7cf43c00866