Comment 5 for bug 1399037

I tried the apt-offline version 1.5 (on a Xubuntu 14.04.1) but nothing changed.

$ LANG="C" apt-cache policy apt
apt:
  Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2.6
  Candidate: 1.0.1ubuntu2.6

$ LANG="C" apt-cache policy apt-offline
apt-offline:
  Installed: 1.5
  Candidate: 1.5

$ LANG="C" apt-get -s dselect-upgrade
E: Command line option 's' [from -s] is not known.

$ LANG="C" apt-get --dry-run dselect-upgrade
E: Command line option --dry-run is not understood

$ LANG="C" apt-get --recon dselect-upgrade
E: Command line option --recon is not understood

$ LANG="C" apt-get --no-act dselect-upgrade
E: Command line option --no-act is not understood

$ LANG="C" apt-get --simulate dselect-upgrade
E: Command line option --simulate is not understood

$ LANG="C" apt-get --just-print dselect-upgrade
E: Command line option --just-print is not understood