Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 08:30:22AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > DvB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > To be more explicit, "apt-get upgrade" will not, under > > > any circumstances, install new packages... > > > > 'apt-get upgrade' will install new packages if they're required by > > another package that you have installed (and is being 'upgraded'). > > This will happen if package 'A' now requires package 'B' when with the > > previous version it didn't. > > > > 'apt-get upgrade' will, of course, prompt you about the additional > > package(s). > > The apt-get(8) man page claims differently: > > upgrade > upgrade is used to install the newest versions of > all packages currently installed on the system from > the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. > Packages currently installed with new versions > available are retrieved and upgraded; under no cir > cumstances are currently installed packages > removed, or packages not already installed > retrieved and installed. New versions of currently > installed packages that cannot be upgraded without > changing the install status of another package will > be left at their current version. > > Is the man page wrong?
I'll have to find a package that has a new dependency vs what the old, installed package has and try it... If 'upgrade' doesn't do this, you will end up with a non-working program. Don't you agree ?? Regards Hall
