Bug#834874: apt upgrade packagename ignores parameters

[Salvo Tomaselli <tiposchi@tiscali.it>]

Package: apt
Version: 1.3~rc2
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

aptitude upgrade packagename will only upgrade the package and its dependencies
but not everything.
Same for apt-get.

However apt upgrade packagename is the same as apt upgrade.

If you don't want to replicate the behaviour of the other tools, at least
give an error instead of silently ignoring parameters.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.7.0d (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.115
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gpgv                    2.1.14-5
ii  init-system-helpers     1.42
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.3~rc2
ii  libc6                   2.23-4
ii  libgcc1                 1:6.1.1-12
ii  libstdc++6              6.1.1-12

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  gnupg   2.1.14-5
ii  gnupg2  2.1.14-5

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.3-1
ii  dpkg-dev        1.18.10
pn  powermgmt-base  <none>
pn  python-apt      <none>

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