Bug#968163: apt: 'apt update' repeats the same progress line many times
Package: apt
Version: 2.1.8
Severity: minor
The 'apt update' commands repeats the same progress lines, sometimes
more than 100 times:
# script -c 'apt -q update'
Script started, output log file is 'typescript'.
[...]
Script done.
# uniq -c < typescript | egrep -v '^ *1 '
2 Get:2 file:/usr/src/deb Release [858 B]
8 Get:24 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
bullseye/main amd64 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [90 B]
92 Get:25 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
bullseye/main i386 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [88 B]
2 Get:26 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian sid/main
i386 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [12.1 kB]
3 Get:27 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian sid/main
amd64 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [12.1 kB]
2 Get:28 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
sid/contrib amd64 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [84 B]
2 Get:29 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
sid/contrib i386 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [85 B]
2 Get:30 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
experimental/main amd64 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [5301
B]
4 Get:31 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
experimental/main i386 Contents (deb) 2020-08-09-2002.04.pdiff [5375
B]
3 Get:41 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
experimental/contrib Sources [3924 B]
2 Get:46 https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian
experimental/contrib amd64 Packages [5908 B]
#
The problem is present without and with the -q option.
Please do not write identical progress lines more than once.
-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources --
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: https://ftp.icm.edu.pl/packages/linux-debian/
Suites: bullseye sid experimental
Components: main contrib non-free
Signed-By: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian-archive-buster-automatic.gpg
Description: Debian
Types: deb deb-src
URIs: https://deb.debian.org/debian-security/
Suites: bullseye-security
Components: main contrib non-free
Signed-By: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian-archive-buster-security-automatic.gpg
Description: Debian security updates
-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/local.sources --
Types: deb
URIs: file:/usr/src/deb/
Suites: /
Trusted: yes
Description: local
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (800, 'testing'), (700, 'unstable'), (600, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.7.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii adduser 3.118
ii debian-archive-keyring 2019.1
ii gpgv 2.2.20-1
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.1.8
ii libc6 2.31-2
ii libgcc-s1 10.1.0-6
ii libgnutls30 3.6.14-2+b1
ii libseccomp2 2.4.3-1+b1
ii libstdc++6 10.1.0-6
ii libsystemd0 246-2
Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii ca-certificates 20200601
Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii apt-doc 2.1.8
pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none>
ii dpkg-dev 1.20.5
ii gnupg 2.2.20-1
pn powermgmt-base <none>
-- no debconf information
Reply to: