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In the output of "aptitude update", what do "Ign" and the other codes mean?

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When I run from the console, I see output with lines such as this: or this: scrolling by. It's fairly clear that indicates a download, indicates when I've got something already, and that whatever lines are, they can appear even if has no comments, so they're not 'skipping comment' indicators as I'v…

Error Output

Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com lucid-security Release.gpg [198B]
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Translation-en_GB

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What exactly does the Ign code indicate? It means Ignored. That is, your local file is too recent to be refetched. Is there any documentation (official or otherwise) that lists all the available codes along with what they're for? I don't know. I wou…

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