Re: Re: changing to Debian from Mandrake

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 08:30:22AM -0500, hallstevenson@mindspring.com wrote:
> DvB <dvanbalen@jam.rr.com> wrote:
> > To be more explicit, "apt-get upgrade" will not, under 
> > any circumstances, install new packages...
> 
> 'apt-get upgrade' will install new packages if they're required by
> another package that you have installed (and is being 'upgraded').
> This will happen if package 'A' now requires package 'B' when with the
> previous version it didn't.
> 
> 'apt-get upgrade' will, of course, prompt you about the additional
> package(s).

The apt-get(8) man page claims differently:

       upgrade
              upgrade is used to install the newest  versions  of
              all packages currently installed on the system from
              the sources  enumerated  in  /etc/apt/sources.list.
              Packages  currently  installed  with  new  versions
              available are retrieved and upgraded; under no cir­
              cumstances   are   currently   installed   packages
              removed,  or   packages   not   already   installed
              retrieved  and installed. New versions of currently
              installed packages that cannot be upgraded  without
              changing the install status of another package will
              be left at their current version.

Is the man page wrong?

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]