Bug#872034: apt: add option to autoremove while upgrading

[Felipe Sateler <fsateler@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 1.5~beta1
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream

Hi,

Since #855891 apt no longer autoremoves packages while upgrading. I
understand that #855891 is correct as the option was only documented for
install. Please add a new option for enabling the behavior on
upgrade/dist-upgrade, and ideally enabled by default for the apt
command.

Saludos

-- Package-specific info:

-- (/etc/apt/preferences present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt-exp present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/apt-listbugs present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/preferences.d/syncthing present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-file.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debug.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/local-apt-repository.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-xamarin.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nilarimogard-webupd8-sid.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing-release.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/yarn.sources present, but not submitted) --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.11.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.116
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2017.5
ii  gpgv                    2.1.18-8
ii  init-system-helpers     1.49
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.5~beta1
ii  libc6                   2.24-14
ii  libgcc1                 1:7.1.0-13
ii  libgnutls30             3.5.14-2
ii  libstdc++6              7.1.0-13

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20161130+nmu1

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.8-1
ii  dpkg-dev        1.18.24
ii  gnupg           2.1.18-8
ii  gnupg2          2.1.18-8
ii  powermgmt-base  1.31+nmu1
ii  python-apt      1.4.0~beta3+b1

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