This bug was fixed in the package apt - 0.8.3ubuntu1

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apt (0.8.3ubuntu1) maverick; urgency=low

  * merged fixes from debian-sid
  * debian/rules:
    - put ubuntu-archive.gpg back into the package (LP: #620576)
  * apt-pkg/init.cc:
    - ignore ".distUpgrade" and ".save" files in sources.list.d
      (LP: #631770)

apt (0.8.3) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Manpages translations ]
  * Japanese (KURASAWA Nozomu). Closes: #595862

  [ Michael Vogt ]
  * apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
    - only use trusted.gpg.d directory if it exists
    - do not replace /dev/null when running in APT::CDROM::NoAct
      mode (LP: #612666), thanks to Colin Watson

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * ftparchive/apt-ftparchive.cc:
    - ensure that BinDirectory as well as Tree settings get
      the correct default FileMode setting (Closes: #595922)

apt (0.8.2) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Manpages translations ]
  * Spanish (Omar Campagne). Closes: #595557

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * apt-pkg/versionmatch.cc:
    - do not accept 'Pin: origin "' (missing closing ") as a valid
      way to pin a local archive: either "" or none…
  * apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc:
    - create Dir::Log if needed to support /var/log as tmpfs or similar,
      inspired by Thomas Bechtold, thanks! (Closes: #523919, LP: #220239)
  * apt-pkg/indexcopy.cc:
    - support really still the APT::GPGV::TrustedKeyring setting,
      as it breaks d-i badly otherwise (Closes: #595428)
  * cmdline/apt-key:
    - support also Dir::Etc::Trusted so that apt-key works in the same
      way as the library part which works with the trusted files
  * methods/{gzip,bzip2}.cc:
    - empty files can never be valid archives (Closes: #595691)

apt (0.8.1) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Programs translations ]
  * Thai (Theppitak Karoonboonyanan). Closes: #592695
  * Russian (Yuri Kozlov). Closes: #594232
  * Slovak (Ivan Masár). Closes: #594255
  * Swedish (Daniel Nylander). Closes: #594241
  * Japanese (Kenshi Muto, Osamu Aoki). Closes: #594265
  * Italian (Milo Casagrande). Closes: #594238
  * Asturian (maacub). Closes: #594303
  * Simplified Chinese (Aron Xu). Closes: #594458
  * Bulgarian (Damyan Ivanov). Closes: #594627
  * Portuguese (Miguel Figueiredo). Closes: #594668
  * Korean (Changwoo Ryu). Closes: #594809
  * Norwegian Bokmål (Hans Nordhaug). Closes: #595182
  * Danish (Joe Hansen). Closes: #595176
  * Catalan (Agustí Grau). Closes: #595234

  [ Christian Perrier ]
  * Fix spelling error in cmdline/apt-get.cc. Thanks to Osamu Aoki
    Closes: #594211

  [ Manpages translations ]
  * Portuguese (Américo Monteiro)

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * cmdline/apt-cache.cc:
    - show in madison command again also source packages (LP: #614589)
    - remove useless GetInitialize method
  * cmdline/apt-get.cc:
    - remove direct calls of ReadMainList and use the wrapper instead
      to protect us from useless re-reads and two-times notice display
    - remove death code by removing unused GetInitialize
  * apt-pkg/depcache.cc:
    - now that apt-get purge works on 'rc' packages let the MarkDelete
      pass this purge forward to the non-pseudo package for pseudos
  * apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc:
    - apply SilentlyIgnore also on files without an extension
  * apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc:
    - fix autoremove by using correct config-option name and
      don't make faulty assumptions in error handling (Closes: #594689)
  * apt-pkg/versionmatch.cc:
    - let the pin origin actually work as advertised in the manpage
      which means "" are optional and pinning a local archive does
      work - even if it is a non-flat archive (Closes: #594435)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden>   Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:27:24 +0200