Now that I've purged PackageKit from my system, my problem is solved. I always do my updates via dselect, anyway.
Perhaps my problem is that my config line says "aptcc" where it should say "APTcc" ? I dunno. I deleted the config file entirely before I re-installed, so if there is a case error, it is caused by the install script.
Cut-and-pasted from #19 above (perhaps you didn't click on the "Read more" link?):
$ grep DefaultBackend /etc/PackageKit /PackageKit. conf aptcc
DefaultBackend=
Now that I've purged PackageKit from my system, my problem is solved. I always do my updates via dselect, anyway.
Perhaps my problem is that my config line says "aptcc" where it should say "APTcc" ? I dunno. I deleted the config file entirely before I re-installed, so if there is a case error, it is caused by the install script.