On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 09:44:02AM +0100, Miguel Angel Rojas wrote: > Hi there, > > > If "apt upgrade" is saying that it removes packages, that is a bug, yes. > > @david: it is not a bug, apparently. > > To put everything in a nutshell: > > - "apt upgrade" can remove packages
No. Without a package as an argument it won't. > - "apt upgrade" accepts specific packages to be upgraded To be installed if not installed yet, removed, downgraded or upgraded if already installed depending on your arguments. For example `apt upgrade foo- bar+ baz=version toto/archive' will remove foo, add bar, install, up- or downgrade baz and the same for toto and it will upgrade packages where it can. > Therefore, this behaviour is expected and documentation needs to be > modified. > > In the meantime, while the documentation is modified, can some developer > provide some explanation to the current "apt upgrade" behaviour? (*) Julian provided an explanation in #74, 20240312113620.ga1944...@debian.org > whereas `apt upgrade foo` first does the normal install argument handling and > then runs an upgrade, so `foo` could also be a new package that is not > currently installed to hint the solver if it is unable to find a solution. > (*) I'm a bit confused because I don't know which of the people involved in > this bug are actually a developer of the apt package ;) I'm not a Debian developer, never been. Just someone who submitted a patch or two. Cheers, Wesley
