#267110 aptitude: detect nothing needs to be done earlier and exit

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Dan Jacobson
Date:
2011-12-12 06:39:03 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#267110#5
Date:
2004-08-20 03:14:48 UTC
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To:
In cases like,
# aptitude purge
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 322 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.

perhaps detect that nothing needs to be done earlier and exit before doing all this:

Writing extended state information... Done
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done