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Jaunty: Apt is broken? Move to another country!

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 2009

[ Thanks to Edmundo
for this link. ]

“In other words…. a broken apt = an un-upgradable
system. Not good. That’s not something I wanted to face at all.
Having X not start once in a while is something… but having a
broken package manager is a whole different story.

“After submitting the bug to launchpad and spending a little
time at #ubuntu+1 one guy there (Thanks, IntuitiveNipple) noticed
that one of the files that apt handles appeared to be broken”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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