Comment 0 for bug 647045

Binary package hint: apt

apt-cache rdepends with a non-existing package now returns a cryptic error message in maverick:

mdeslaur@mdlinux:~$ apt-cache rdepends blahblah
E: Handler silently failed

The same query in lucid used to return a much saner error:

mdeslaur@mdlinux:~$ apt-cache rdepends blahblah
W: Unable to locate package blahblah

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: apt 0.8.3ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 24 14:07:09 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_CA.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt