Bug#824456: please clarify --show-upgraded and Apt::Get::Show-Upgraded
On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:57:09PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> 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....)
Thansk for clarifying this.
Is there a corresponding --no-show-upgraded option to apt-get? Does
still having the --show-upgraded option still make sense?
Greetings
Marc
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