Re: Why does "apt-get upgrade {package}" upgrade all packages instead of error?

[Frank Weißer <linux@weisser-ol.de>]

Hello Daniel,

# man apt-get

(german translation) doesn't tell anything else. apt-get upgrade 
upgrades ALL installed packages.

Kind regards

Frank

Daniel Roberts:
> Hello,
>
> I've run into this a few times over the years and it can be a headache 
> to resolve.
>
> Passing a package name to "apt-get update" results in the response "E: 
> The update command takes no arguments". However, passing a package name 
> to "apt-get upgrade" results in the argument being ignored and all 
> packages upgraded.
>
> Is there some reason that this is the case? Is it a bug that has 
> always existed and never fixed?
>
> Dan