[Bug 995846] [NEW] aptitude --download is blocked

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Public bug reported:

The command

aptitude -d full-upgrade
or 
aptitude -d dist-upgrade


# aptitude -d dist-upgrade 
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

I hope a long time but get stuck. It never ends. I have to do control-c


But 
aptitude full-upgrade 

works fine

# aptitude  full-upgrade
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
                                         
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Thank you.


# lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:        12.04
Codename:       precise


# aptitude show aptitude
Package: aptitude                        
State: installed
Automatically installed: no
Version: 0.6.6-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Architecture: i386
Uncompressed Size: 7,131 k
Depends: libapt-pkg4.12 (>= 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6), libboost-iostreams1.46.1 (>= 1.46.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcwidget3, libept1.4.12, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libncursesw5 (>=
         5.6+20070908), libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.5), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), libtinfo5, libxapian22
Recommends: sensible-utils, apt-xapian-index, libparse-debianchangelog-perl
Suggests: aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc, tasksel, debtags
Conflicts: ia32-apt-get (< 22)
Description: terminal-based package manager (terminal interface only)
 aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions,
 the ability to retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and a command-line mode similar to that of apt-get. 
 
 aptitude is also Y2K-compliant, non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken. 
 
 This package contains a version of aptitude compiled with only the classic terminal-based interface (using curses).  For an experimental graphical interface, see the package
 aptitude-gtk.
Homepage: http://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/

Tags: admin::configuring, admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application, suite::debian,
      uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing, use::configuring, use::downloading, use::searching, works-with::software:package
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** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  aptitude --download is blocked

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The command

  aptitude -d full-upgrade
  or 
  aptitude -d dist-upgrade

  
  # aptitude -d dist-upgrade 
  No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
  0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

  I hope a long time but get stuck. It never ends. I have to do
  control-c

  
  But 
  aptitude full-upgrade 

  works fine

  # aptitude  full-upgrade
  No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
  0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
                                           
  #


  Thank you.



  # lsb_release -a
  LSB Version:    core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  Release:        12.04
  Codename:       precise


  # aptitude show aptitude
  Package: aptitude                        
  State: installed
  Automatically installed: no
  Version: 0.6.6-1ubuntu1
  Priority: optional
  Section: admin
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
  Architecture: i386
  Uncompressed Size: 7,131 k
  Depends: libapt-pkg4.12 (>= 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6), libboost-iostreams1.46.1 (>= 1.46.1-1), libc6 (>= 2.4), libcwidget3, libept1.4.12, libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libncursesw5 (>=
           5.6+20070908), libsigc++-2.0-0c2a (>= 2.0.2), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.6.5), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6), libtinfo5, libxapian22
  Recommends: sensible-utils, apt-xapian-index, libparse-debianchangelog-perl
  Suggests: aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc, tasksel, debtags
  Conflicts: ia32-apt-get (< 22)
  Description: terminal-based package manager (terminal interface only)
   aptitude is a package manager with a number of useful features, including: a mutt-like syntax for matching packages in a flexible manner, dselect-like persistence of user actions,
   the ability to retrieve and display the Debian changelog of most packages, and a command-line mode similar to that of apt-get. 
   
   aptitude is also Y2K-compliant, non-fattening, naturally cleansing, and housebroken. 
   
   This package contains a version of aptitude compiled with only the classic terminal-based interface (using curses).  For an experimental graphical interface, see the package
   aptitude-gtk.
  Homepage: http://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/

  Tags: admin::configuring, admin::package-management, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application, suite::debian,
        uitoolkit::ncurses, use::browsing, use::configuring, use::downloading, use::searching, works-with::software:package
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