Guido Heumann a écrit : >Martin Braure de Calignon schrieb: > > >>Daniel J. Axtens a écrit : >> >> >> >> >>>>and not >>>>"apt-get upgrade <package>" >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>Possibly because apt-get upgrade is used to upgrade the whole system, >>>not just one package. My guess is that the developers didn't want to >>>overload the upgrade command. >>> >>>HTH, >>>Daniel >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Yes, ok for that. But when I want to upgrade a package, it is not really >>logical to use "install", because the package is already installed, no ? >> >> >> > >If you think of "upgrading" as "installing the newest version" of a >package, then it becomes more logical IMO. You can specify the version >number of a package to be installed with "apt-get install >package=version", and without explicit version argument it's simply the >default behaviour to install the newest version. > >HTH, >Guido > > > > If it is the default behaviour of "apt-get install" (and it is), it should be mentionned in the man, or be mentionned more explicitly. I've just seen that there is already a bug report about this feature for upgrade (see #74067).
Cheers, -- Martin Braure de Calignon "Debian addict, active member of Amaya (Amayita)'s fan club (and fan of her tatoo)" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
