Bug#314536: option to show packages not upgraded

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 04:50:18PM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote:

> Package: apt
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> By adding APT::Get::Show-Upgraded to apt.conf, each apt-get run reports the
> packages that it wants to upgrade in addition to the packages installed and
> removed.  However, there does ot seem to be a similar configuration option
> to force display of the packages noted as "not upgraded".
> 
> I'd really like to know each time I upgrade my system what packages are not
> being upgraded due to dependency issues in the (unstable) archive.  Please
> consider adding another option to allow this.

If you have encountered a case where these are not displayed, by default,
that seems like a bug.  apt always displays this information on upgrades, if
there are any packages held back.

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 - mdz