Bug#283480: apt: apt-get: combined update/upgrade command

[Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs-deb@kinkhorst.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: wishlist


Hello,

A very common operation is to first update the package lists
(apt-get update) and then download and install any updated packages
(apt-get upgrade). It would be nice if this could be done in one
command.

Running these commands separately now causes a waiting time when
Reading Package Lists (especially on slower machines and/or machines
with many sources). With the combined command this reading step only
has to be done once, and it saves some typing on the commandline.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-k7
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                     1:3.4.3-1    GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                  1:3.3.5-2    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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