Control: reopen -1 0.9.11 On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 07:28:54PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Note that the comment from Ritesh below (above) "The newer versions of > apt have completely replaced --simulate with -s." is incorrect, as far > as I can see Yeap, that is wrong, we still support -s and co, but … > $ apt -s > E: Command line option 's' [from -s] is not known. > $ apt --simulate > E: Command line option --simulate is not understood > $ apt-get -s > E: Command line option 's' [from -s] is not known. > $ apt-get --simulate > E: Command line option --simulate is not understood … not in the way you are trying it here. Since 0.9.11 apt is a bit stricter in its parsing of the commandline – for the benefit of the user – in that it doesn't allow options anymore for commands where they don't have an effect. So, "apt-get dist-upgrade -s" works, but e.g. "apt-get download -s" doesn't (Imagine the suprised look and dangerous effects if you run a command with -s, but the command doesn't understand it and acts normal as a consequence…). It doesn't work for "source" at the moment either, but that is a bug in sofar as there is actually code in the source command to handle the option, so we can accept it - it was simply overlooked in the rework. I am going to fix that to unbreak the previous usecases, even though I would advice using --print-uris here as what source does with the simulation flag is really not a simulation compared to what other commands like install do with it. Best regards David Kalnischkies
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