Bug#787846: Please accept --upgradeable as synonym for --upgradable

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

Control: tag -1 pending

On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 09:01:09AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.0.9.10
> Severity: normal
> 
> apt list accepts --upgradable, but not --upgradeable.  However,
> elsewhere apt uses both interchangeably, and uses the latter in named
> options:
> 
> ~$ grep -i upgradeable /etc/cron.daily/apt
> #  APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
> #  APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages-Debdelta "1";
> DownloadUpgradeableInterval=0
> eval $(apt-config shell DownloadUpgradeableInterval APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages)
> eval $(apt-config shell Debdelta APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages-Debdelta)
>    [ $DownloadUpgradeableInterval -eq 0 ] &&
> # download all upgradeable packages (if it is requested)
> DOWNLOAD_UPGRADEABLE_STAMP=/var/lib/apt/periodic/download-upgradeable-stamp
> if [ $UPDATED -eq 1 ] && check_stamp $DOWNLOAD_UPGRADEABLE_STAMP $DownloadUpgradeableInterval; then
>         update_stamp $DOWNLOAD_UPGRADEABLE_STAMP
> # auto upgrade all upgradeable packages
> ~$ grep -i upgradable /etc/cron.daily/apt
>         debug_echo "download upgradable (success)"
>         debug_echo "download upgradable (error)"
>     debug_echo "download upgradable (not run)"
> 
> 
> So, please consider accepting both spellings for "apt list", and please
> consider auditing usage of the two throughout apt.
> 

OK. I added the alias. The other user visible changes were replaced
earlier one, so you can be happy.


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