Bug#145549: apt: command to upgrade already installed packages

[Wichert Akkerman <wichert@wiggy.net>]

Previously Dan Christensen wrote:
> I would find it quite useful to have a command (foo, say) so that
> if I have package1 and package3 installed, and I do:
> 
>   apt-get foo package1 package2 package3
> 
> then only package1 and package3 get installed [plus any new dependencies],
> but nothing happens to package2.

Sounds like:

	apt-get install package1 package3

which does exactly what you describe.

Wichert.

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