#1120504 apt: assertion failure with "apt --cli-version test"

Package:
apt
Source:
apt
Description:
commandline package manager
Submitter:
Sanjoy Mahajan
Date:
2025-11-11 09:25:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1120504#5
Date:
2025-11-11 09:23:10 UTC
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To:
Running "apt --cli-version test" produces this assertion failure:

/usr/include/c++/15/optional:1186: constexpr _Tp& std::optional<_Tp>::operator*() & [with _Tp = long unsigned int]: Assertion 'this->_M_is_engaged()' failed.
Aborted                    apt --cli-version test

(I've never tried this command, which may not even be meaningful, using
earlier versions of apt.)