Bug#669409: apt-get(8) manpage: wrong description of --only-upgrade
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(just in case...)
On 19.04.2012 18:53, David Kalnischkies wrote:
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In the german translation, you are right, but the english one is
just very very similar: Read the last sentence again and you
will notice that in the second case there is a 'not' in it inverting
the meaning - which is also the behavior as --no-upgrade is the
inverse of --only-upgrade.
Oh, well, after 6+ years of Debian and derivates I don't know what
happens when I try to _upgrade_ a not yet installed package so this
part needs improvement anyway ;)
> ...
Either way, we should change that as it is really not that easy to
understand if you read both, so i merged this and the bug about
the german translation of it as a new string will require an update
to the po-file anyway (as any other translation, too), so we don't
need to track that separately - i think this is a computer aided
translation mistake to begin with as it is just sooo similar that
translation tools could think it is a fuzzy string instead of newÂ…
Anyway: I think the ". Already [Â…]" sounds a bit jerky (= "abgehackt")
so what do you think about:
Do not install new packages; When used in conjunction
with install, only-upgrade will install upgrades for already
installed packages only and ignore requests to install
new packages. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Only-Upgrade.
?
Clear and understandable!
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
Kind regards, FLorian
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