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?
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Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
