Package: cupt Version: 0.4.0.1 Severity: normal This may be a bug in apt-get or cupt, I'm not sure. But the same command on both produces different predictions on the downloaded and installed size of the same set of packages:
skynet:/var/lib/apt/lists# apt-get install iceweasel Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libmozjs1d libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libstartup-notification0 libxcb-atom1 libxcb-aux0 libxcb-event1 xulrunner-1.9 Suggested packages: xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support latex-xft-fonts xfonts-mathml ttf-mathematica4.1 xprint mozplugger libkrb53 The following NEW packages will be installed: iceweasel libmozjs1d libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libstartup-notification0 libxcb-atom1 libxcb-aux0 libxcb-event1 xulrunner-1.9 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 10.4MB of archives. After this operation, 32.1MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. skynet:/var/lib/apt/lists# cupt install iceweasel Building the package cache... [done] Initializing package resolver and worker... [done] Scheduling requested actions... [done] Resolving possible unmet dependencies... The following 9 packages will be INSTALLED: iceweasel libmozjs1d libnspr4-0d libnss3-1d libstartup-notification0 libxcb-atom1 libxcb-aux0 libxcb-event1 xulrunner-1.9 Need to get 10174KiB/10174KiB of archives. After unpacking 30.6MiB will be used. Do you want to continue? [y/N/q] n Resolving further... no more solutions. Regards, Daniel -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages cupt depends on: ii libcupt-perl 0.4.0.1 alternative front-end for dpkg -- ii perl 5.10.0-24 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction cupt recommends no packages. cupt suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org