Bug#1065831: document package specifiers for `upgrade`

2024-03-14 Thread David Kalnischkies
(this reply has nothing to do with the bugreport in question) On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 10:00:56PM +0100, Miguel Angel Rojas wrote: > >> Julian provided an explanation in #74, > 20240312113620.ga1944...@debian.org > > I can't access this link.. It isn't a link, it is a message id of an email.

Bug#1065831: document package specifiers for `upgrade`

2024-03-13 Thread Miguel Angel Rojas
Hi all, >> No. Without a package as an argument it won't. Thanks! You're right. Let me write it down here again: - "apt upgrade" (no argument) will never remove a package, only upgrade or install - "apt upgrade pkg_name" will remove, upgrade or install the required package to

Bug#1065831: document package specifiers for `upgrade`

2024-03-13 Thread Wesley Schwengle
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

Bug#1065831: document package specifiers for `upgrade`

2024-03-13 Thread Miguel Angel Rojas
Hi all, >> (modifiers btw is not a good word. I guess it was never documented so far partly as this is a rather advanced feature and mainly because naming things is hard) yes, we brought it up in our conversation but I agree it was not directly related to the subject as it was an apt advanced

Bug#1065831: document package specifiers for `upgrade`

2024-03-13 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 09:44:02AM +0100, Miguel Angel Rojas wrote: > > If "apt upgrade" is saying that it removes packages, that is a bug, yes. > > @david: it is not a bug, apparently. Yeah, but for different reasons. I know that exists & even use it frequently… but its two different things for

Bug#1065831: document package specifiers for `upgrade`

2024-03-13 Thread Miguel Angel Rojas
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 - "apt upgrade" accepts specific packages to be upgraded Therefore, this behaviour is expected