Bug#1091472: Please provide an apt.conf option equivalent to -U

[Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 2.9.19
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: josh@joshtriplett.org

apt-get and apt support a -U option to update before running the
command. Please consider providing an option in apt.conf to always act
as if this option were provided. That would allow (for instance) CI
systems to make `apt install xyz` Just Work.

I would suggest an `Apt::Get::Update` option, with possible values
"true", "false", and (perhaps in the future) "binaries" (to update only
binary repos and not source repos).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: arm64

Kernel: Linux 6.12.6-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.137
ii  base-passwd             3.6.5
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2023.4
ii  libapt-pkg6.0t64        2.9.19
ii  libc6                   2.40-4
ii  libgcc-s1               14.2.0-11
ii  libseccomp2             2.5.5-2
ii  libssl3t64              3.3.2-2
ii  libstdc++6              14.2.0-11
ii  libsystemd0             257.1-4
ii  sqv                     1.2.1-4

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20241223

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.13-6.1
ii  dpkg-dev        1.22.11
ii  gnupg           2.2.45-2
pn  powermgmt-base  <none>

-- no debconf information