Bug#180322: marked as done ("reinstall" rather than "--reinstall install")

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and subject line Re: "reinstall" rather than "--reinstall install"
has caused the Debian Bug report #180322,
regarding "reinstall" rather than "--reinstall install"
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• To: submit@bugs.debian.org
• Subject: APT bug/wishlist
• From: Nathan DeGruchy <unruly@maine.rr.com>
• Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 00:09:06 -0500
• Message-id: <9D15989A-3BEC-11D7-B4B1-0003934A2D4A@maine.rr.com>

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Package: APT
Version: All

Issue:

$ apt-get --reinstall install <package-name>

The apt way of reinstalling a package seems to me, fairly unintuitive, in that it requires a second 'install' command to apt, where as the - --reinstall switch seems to already imply that one wishes to reinstall the package, and not "reinstall, install".

Might I suggest having the --reinstall command/switch either not need the 'install' or, adding a 'reinstall' command, ala 'install'?

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• To: 180322-done@bugs.debian.org
• Subject: Re: "reinstall" rather than "--reinstall install"
• From: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>
• Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 09:38:39 +0100
• Message-id: <20200321083839.ywltd3hbtm3wrexl@crossbow>

Version: 1.8.0~rc1

This was implemented and released more than a year ago:

apt (1.8.0~rc1) unstable; urgency=medium
[…]
  [ Josh Triplett ]
  * Add a "reinstall" command as an alias for "install --reinstall".
[…]
 -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>  Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:32:27 +0100


Closing accordingly.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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