I think this sounds like a great idea. I'll be sure to get a configuration option for this in the next release.
In the mean time `nala upgrade --no-update` should be able to get the functionality that you want. Thanks, Blake On Thu, May 12, 2022, at 9:03 PM, Axel Beckert wrote: > Package: nala > Version: 0.8.2 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > nala seems to mimic that annoying misfeature of yum/dnf to always update > the package list even if you just did that and just want to upgrade > packages. > > So please provide a means (e.g. a configuration option in > /etc/nala/nala.conf) to not run a package list update on "nala upgrade". > > Thanks in advance! > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: bookworm/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), > (500, 'buildd-unstable'), (110, 'experimental'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), > (1, 'buildd-experimental') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 5.16.0-6-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages nala depends on: > ii apt 2.4.5 > ii python3 3.10.4-1+b1 > ii python3-anyio 3.5.0-4 > ii python3-apt 2.3.0+b1 > ii python3-httpx 0.22.0-2 > ii python3-pexpect 4.8.0-2 > ii python3-rich 12.1.0-1 > ii python3-typer 0.4.1-1 > > Versions of packages nala recommends: > ii python3-socksio 1.0.0-2 > > nala suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information >