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Bug#824456: please clarify --show-upgraded and Apt::Get::Show-Upgraded



On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:35:01PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.2.12
> Severity: minor
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
> 
> Hi,
> 
> for ages, I had Apt::Get::Show-Upgraded in my apt configuration. While
> cleaning up, I tried to investigate what it does. After removing, I
> have not noticed any difference in apt/apt-get behavior. And, I don't
> see any difference in the output of apt-get upgrade and apt-get
> --show-upgraded upgrade:

It is the default since 0.5.10 in 2003:

commit 906fbf8886926eeb302332d997c9bd861291e155
Author: Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon Sep 20 17:03:21 2004 +0000

    * Make APT::Get::Show-Upgraded (aka apt-get -u) default...
    Author: mdz
    Date: 2003-08-22 02:46:09 GMT
    * Make APT::Get::Show-Upgraded (aka apt-get -u) default to true.


(Unfortunately, we did not convert the Arch Librarian commits sanely
 when we moved APT from bzr to git, otherwise we'd have real author
 and date at the top....)


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