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 <a...@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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Leimen, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 6224 1600402 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 6224 1600421
