Daniel J. Axtens dijo [Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:36:06PM +0800]: > > 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.
It is not only that - It is because apt-get is an infrastructure manager, not an individual package manager. dpkg does work on single packages, but apt-get works on the whole collection - and it could lead to inconsistencies if you let apt-get do a half-assed job and upgrade just one out of many packages - There might be dependencies down there, and this kind of command would not follow them (or would be inconsistent with the user's wishes of upgrading _only_ that). Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)1451-2244 / 5554-9450 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
